Sovaal wrote:Olerand wrote:It would have suppressed the South. Objectively, in the eyes of History, we wouldn't be here if the South had been successfully suppressed.
Certainly, change is not inherently good. You need a balance. Not too much change (like Sweden), nor too little (like America).
I don't know about that, the Union was hardly filled to the brim with people of the progressive persuasion. In fact, when the second Klan arised in the 1920's, Indiana, a decidedly Union state during the war, was a hot spot for their activity.
Certainly, the Union wasn't "progressive", as that term is vapid and means nothing. But the Union was capable of suppressing the South.
This would have made Nixon's Strategy the... Mid-Western Strategy, and just by demographics alone, it would have been less powerful and long-lasting.