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to some degree i think its celebrating their "heritage" from like 1500s to 1860s (probably not nearly that far back tho) where they: a) had slaves, and b) were effectively rich. could be some fucked up "im related to royalty!" thing where the royalty is just heinous slave owners

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 9w

the dumbest thing is that they WEREN’T rich. 90+% of the white population of the South was poor sharecroppers- the modern word for “peasant,” because they literally lived in a feudal system. sharecroppers (the peasants) were given land by the landowner (the lord) and had to pay X amount of their production as “rent” (taxes) Confederate sympathizers today are just sucking the dick of the 1%ers from the 1860s who effectively owned their ancestors, just a degree removed from actual slavery.

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