Some interesting insights here, but generally you present a skewed perspective on American history, including a lot of "both-sides-ism"--the suggestion that there is no real difference between (1) anti-slavery unionists and pro-slavery confederates, or between (2) Biden Democrats and Trump Republicans. This is balderdash. In both instances, it was/is a moral struggle between those motivated (however imperfectly) by compassion for the less fortunate, and those motivated by greed, ignorance, and hatred,