Innovation in America: What It Could Have Meant
The numbers at left re-enforce my belief that Lincoln should have accepted the secession of the Confederacy in 1861, telling them:
So long. Sorry your slaves will have to suffer, but it won’t be long until you, a pariah nation, simply implodes from things like lack of innovation and trading partners. By 1870, a few small gangs of Mexican banditos will come across the border and blow you fools to bits.
What do you expect – when you “started out” as a state / area of population / as the “posterior region” of the country – and then took it upon yourself to constantly reinforce the fact – making sure that everyone knows / knew it?