With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)

[Stsword]

Some people will do horrible, evil things even if they make no sense.

Heck, it wouldn't be the first time the Confederacy had done that.

During the Civil War, General Lee would make any captured black Union soldiers into slaves.

During negotiations the Union offered to release Confederate prisoners if Lee released said black soldiers, but Lee refused, even though he needed the men.

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The Confederacy was founded on doing evil things that make no sense.

The idea that the Confederacy was fighting a defensive war is bad fanfic made up by lying assholes.

The Confederate slavers knew their slavery system was unsustainable so rather than do anything even remotely intelligent like stop cosplaying as British aristocracy, they decided the solution was to spread slavery.

They already had plans to invade Mexico and Brazil while the Union was kicking their asses.

The Confederacy was a freaking slavery pyramid scheme.

So in all those popular "What if the Confederacy survived?" alt-histories, the actual but boring result would have actually been the dumb fucks would have been destroyed in another war of conquest they started because that was the entire point of the Confederacy.

 

[Mr Zoat]

The Confederacy was founded on doing evil things that make no sense.

The idea that the Confederacy was fighting a defensive war is bad fanfic made up by lying assholes.

The Confederate slavers knew their slavery system was unsustainable so rather than do anything even remotely intelligent like stop cosplaying as British aristocracy, they decided the solution was to spread slavery.

They already had plans to invade Mexico and Brazil while the Union was kicking their asses.

The Confederacy was a freaking slavery pyramid scheme.

So in all those popular "What if the Confederacy survived?" alt-histories, the actual but boring result would have actually been the dumb fucks would have been destroyed in another war of conquest they started because that was the entire point of the Confederacy.

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In-universe, the United States lost because the Confederacy's initial push was successful enough that Britain leaned on them to accept what looked like a fait accompli. That created the enmity between the US and Britain, and led to the US allying with Germany. The Confederacy actually had good relations with Mexico, buying the northern parts after supporting the Emperor in a war. I forget who with. They also picked up Cuba somewhere along the line.

 

[NightmareWarden]

So in all those popular "What if the Confederacy survived?" alt-histories, the actual but boring result would have actually been the dumb fucks would have been destroyed in another war of conquest they started because that was the entire point of the Confederacy.

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Successfully getting a hand on the wheel when it comes to international relations, as portrayed in these chapters, is invaluable when it comes to stabilizing the present and building a foundation for the future. And the politicians of the Confederacy were extremely motivated to keep their country's heart beating via foreign money, not simply trade deals that the public learned about. Heck, a leader could use their own bribes to placate their one or two of their biggest critics with bribes, if they don't want to give an inch when it comes to policy.