That is a blatant lie, and judging by the fact you didn't link to the declarations that deny this claim, you damn well know it's a lie.

http://www.civilwar.org/educat...

Slavery was an economic necessity due to trade restrictions imposed on Southern crops, not to mention that industrialization had far more effect on Northern states, where most manufacturing was based.

Of course, that's not to say the North were benevolent gods - as we should all well know, "labor rights" didn't particularly exist until the 20th Century, and there are countless incidents documented in Northern states of corporations going as far as murder to keep their workers in line. Conversely, many slave states had laws against killing a slave without due cause.

Then, of course, there's the Fugitive Slave Act to take into consideration, passed by the United States (Union) Congress in 1850.

So basically, a slave could escape the south, get a job in a Philadelphia factory, and assuming they didn't get sent back to their master by the government, get bludgeoned to death either by the machinery they worked on, or, if they dared complain, their bosses. Better than slavery? Probably, but not the utopian promised land that a lot of people want to believe.

Here's a good article on the causes of the war: http://teachinghistory.org/his...

The Civil War was fought over a lot of stuff. Mostly economics, but social issues to a lesser extent.

Also kind of depends on what state we're talking about; the people fighting in frontier and border states, like Missouri, had different motivations than, say, regular army troops from Carolina and New York.

I will say, people claiming that slavery was the main or only cause/reason for the war is an effective yardstick for measuring comprehension of historical facts.

No, the problem is that employers know the majority of people think that way, and thus can take advantage of the mentality.

If, tomorrow, enough American workers stood up from their desk, exclaimed "We're not doing any more work until some of this shit changes," and (most importantly) stood by one another in solidarity, it would be the employers who were left without a choice.

You mean, like, Sudden In-fan Death Syndrome?

I slay me.

Obviously, "geese and other flying things" are smarter than some drone owners.

The real problem is that the pool of people willing to work horrible hours for shit pay is too damned big.

People need to learn some self-value.

Meh, it's not that bad. Just put down "Independent Contractor."

His education is as useless as a Women's Studies degree.

Obviously writing doesn't pay him much, or he wouldn't be advocating bankruptcy as a debt solution.

If you can afford rent, you can afford a mortgage. Hell, mortgages can be cheaper - it would cost over 200\mo more to rent my house than it costs to buy it.

Until they do, anyway.

Like cell phone carriers.

I would personally love to be the guy that takes that call:

"sir, you realize if we put an IR filter in, your night vision cameras won't have night vision anymore, right?"

Which is why the IR LED trick only works on cameras with night vision.

Here in Missouri we have "you fuck up, you pay," since the way we see it, it would be bullshit to expect society to cover the costs of individual negligence.

I do like the idea of everyone who actually uses the roads paying for medical expenses, though. if nothing else it's something to throw back at the dickhead cyclists who brag about using the roads without having to pay for their maintenance.

So in other words. giving every passenger a cudgel on the way to their seat and locking the damned cabin door would be a cheaper, more effective means of on-plane security.

Well, to be fair, it's not like they're edited before hitting the front page.