trek32@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 17 days agoUnderstanding the electoral maplemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1622arrow-down118
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minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-217 days agoIt worked out better till England ended the slave trade, the South could just buy more votes whenever there was a concern. After that they started going crazy and doing weird shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_(U.S._Constitution) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostend_Manifesto
It worked out better till England ended the slave trade, the South could just buy more votes whenever there was a concern.
After that they started going crazy and doing weird shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_(U.S._Constitution) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostend_Manifesto