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I'm wondering if there's a single grand social/political/moral lesson that we can learn from the Civil War. Or, if there's not a single greatest lesson, what are a few important ones?
Don't let a problem fester by trying to patch it up with clever compromises. Slavery should have been removed from this nation during the Constitutional Convention rather than implementing the 3/5 Compromise. Henry Clay's compromises only delayed the inevitable as well. Of course there are many other lessons as well, but I think this one could have prevented the war from ever happening in the first place.
That's a good idea. But do we apply it only to civil/human rights or across the board to other policies as well? With some issues compromise is the only solution. Where's the line that we draw between compromise or holding to principle?
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