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Is our political system obselete? And if so, what's the alternative?
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<blockquote data-quote="JB Books" data-source="post: 2579721" data-attributes="member: 6889"><p>Actually, that's not quite true. Southern land owners often raised and equipped their own units at their own expense. Among the Southern "elite" a man who would not fight was not considered a man, and immense social pressure was brought upon these people. Initially, plantation owners were exempted because they were vital to the South's economy. However, by mid war, all able bodied Southern men were called upon to fight. </p><p></p><p>In the North, it was the wealthy Yankees who hired "substitutes" to fight in their place or paid $300 to get out of the draft.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JB Books, post: 2579721, member: 6889"] Actually, that's not quite true. Southern land owners often raised and equipped their own units at their own expense. Among the Southern "elite" a man who would not fight was not considered a man, and immense social pressure was brought upon these people. Initially, plantation owners were exempted because they were vital to the South's economy. However, by mid war, all able bodied Southern men were called upon to fight. In the North, it was the wealthy Yankees who hired "substitutes" to fight in their place or paid $300 to get out of the draft. [/QUOTE]
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