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nonplussed · 11-14-2007, 10:10 AM

What would the world be like today if the South had won the Civil War? Personally, I think that the Confederate States of America would be a third world hell hole. Slavery would -- probably -- be illegal but not until well into the 20th century. Mexico would have long ago erected a fence along the Rio Grande to stem the tide of illegal CFA immigrants.

Meanwhile, the USA would be the progressive nation that it once promised to be. National healthcare, for example, almost certainly would have passed by now. There would have been no need to wait until the 1960s to pass the Civil Rights Act. The economy of the USA, unburdened by the weight of the Confederate states, would flourish. Taxes would certainly be lower since the states of the CFA are net beneficiaries of blue state tax dollars. Culturally, national literacy rates would be much higher and the rates of divorce and out of wedlock births would be much lower in the USA once freed from the weight of Southern social science statistics.

Perhaps most importantly, the USA, without the red states, would not have invaded Iraq and would be admired, not reviled, around the world.

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nonplussed Tilted	If the CSA had won the Civil War What would the world be like today if the South had won the Civil War? Personally, I think that the Confederate States of America would be a third world hell hole. Slavery would -- probably -- be illegal but not until well into the 20th century. Mexico would have long ago erected a fence along the Rio Grande to stem the tide of illegal CFA immigrants. Meanwhile, the USA would be the progressive nation that it once promised to be. National healthcare, for example, almost certainly would have passed by now. There would have been no need to wait until the 1960s to pass the Civil Rights Act. The economy of the USA, unburdened by the weight of the Confederate states, would flourish. Taxes would certainly be lower since the states of the CFA are net beneficiaries of blue state tax dollars. Culturally, national literacy rates would be much higher and the rates of divorce and out of wedlock births would be much lower in the USA once freed from the weight of Southern social science statistics. Perhaps most importantly, the USA, without the red states, would not have invaded Iraq and would be admired, not reviled, around the world.