Left Wing Activist NOMINEE for Supreme Court

[ImJustBayuum]

TheRealMafoo said:

ImJustBayuum said:
i think they are arguing about the predominant/root cause of the civil war, which was indeed slavery. But there were different reasons/motives for either upholding/abolishing slavery, predominantly economic (cotton industry, economic interests) & political (state rights, proper govt representation etc)...there were also social reasons but these were in the minority.

The difference between what he is saying, and what I am saying, is this:

I think if at that time, they had picked something as sweeping as abolishing slavery, we would have the same result. The states that seceded were fed up with federal government take over of there rights.

ManusJustus is saying that no other issue would have caused this. That the war was over slavery alone. 

I think in the next 50 years, the US might prove him wrong, as I think it will happen again, and it will have nothing to do with Slavery

No, he said that slavery was the main cause of this specific war. If healthcare instead of slavery was the issue, than healthcare is the main cause of the civil war. And there are motives/reasons for supporting/not supporting whatever the major issue are (healthcare or slavery), these reasons than subsequently drove america to civil war. What you are assuming however is, no matter what the issue is, these reasons (eg state rights) will remain the same or remain the most significant drive behind a civil war.