The Legacy of the Third Reconstruction: Who Really Won America’s Civil War?
pointed.substack.com
America’s Civil War was ultimately a war between free and unfree labor. It was a war to decide whether the foundational principle of the country would be the liberty to enslave others or the liberty to sell one’s labor freely. Today, workers are still fighting this war. Since 1865, the government has maintained a system of superexploitation by way of an underclass, which does not have the liberty to sell its labor.
The Legacy of the Third Reconstruction: Who Really Won America’s Civil War?
The Legacy of the Third Reconstruction: Who…
The Legacy of the Third Reconstruction: Who Really Won America’s Civil War?
America’s Civil War was ultimately a war between free and unfree labor. It was a war to decide whether the foundational principle of the country would be the liberty to enslave others or the liberty to sell one’s labor freely. Today, workers are still fighting this war. Since 1865, the government has maintained a system of superexploitation by way of an underclass, which does not have the liberty to sell its labor.