The colony of South Carolina was the most radical one south of Virginia.

They’ve always been radical.

Nothing much has changed.

Yesterday’s #reactionary is the #reactionary of today.

#BirthOfTheUnitedStates #IsaacAsimov #history #AmericanRevolution @histodons

@paninid @histodons About red States, you might read “White Trash - 400 Year History of Class in America”. Genetics can play a part anywhere. But now combined with a strong aversion towards science and expertise, devastating results. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27209433-white-trash
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in Am…

In her groundbreaking history of the class system in Am…

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@bjornqc

“Poor whites were central to the rise of the Republican Party in the early nineteenth century, and the Civil War itself was fought over class issues nearly as much as it was fought over slavery.”

The Ulster-Scot ethos runs deep in the #American psyche.

It is an oppressed noble, including frontier, farm-boy, and warrior mindsets.

Yes, this is the story of #ElihuEmbree & the #RadicalRepublicans.