12 years a slave... Critics are already comparing it to Schindler's List

So since the north won the south wasn't an economic powerhouse? Does that make sense to you?

 

well, usually when a debate comes down to "that's my opinion and i'm stickin to it", I bail.

But I'd sure like to see some of the examples of what ur talkin about. Even if you just describe from memory. After all, that's a popular opinion out in america, so here's a chance to test it

Otherwise just remember not all opinions are created equal. If that opinion is baseless, it's certainly uncharitable..

 

with those 600,000 kids that managed to stagger off the ships (not to mention their children) america produced copious valuable crops for export to markets overseas

Free labor from that many people created the wealth of a nation. Don't try to diminish how it aided the u.s. economy over the 3 centuries it was in effect.

They were importing slaves pretty much right up til the end, because it paid

 

I'm still waiting for a reasonable rebuttal on the China point. Cheap labor equals a strong return for those in charge. Its great bargaining power. Look at Brazil India and China

 

Of course it does, but it doesn't make a country powerful. The policies of the country, the way the banks are structured etc. China was downtrodden for such a long time, until the government took policies to industrialize. They have a communist gov't that instills discipline, and utter obedience to the government, but a western, capitalistic economy. It makes for an effective combination.

But back to the initial point, slavery didn't make the United States wealthy, and did make us the most powerful country in the world. Industrialization, and policies that directed urban labor to the war effort by FDR contributed to it.

 

One who said it made America the most powerful country? I said it made it an economic powerhouse.
Two are you saying the US wasn't a capitalist country prior to WWII?
Fine Stumper slavery had nothing to do with economic wealth in this country. All those centuries of tax revenue incurred due to low cost trading in the indigo cotton tobacco and rice industry meant nothing. Got it.

 

This post?

 

He said much of the reason not the sole reason