The Union really screwed up and didn’t go in there and just take over each state but instead let their slavery heritage fester until the civil rights movement and even then the north looked the other way after the war. We really needed to do to the southern states like we did in Japan and Germany. Here we are these MAGA yahoos fetishizing the confederacy 160 years later. Like we can go back to owning slaves? it’s not going to be pretty if Trump gets back into office. Let’s remember that only 30% of the population really are true followers of Donald Trump, which is not enough to maintain power if there is a big struggle.