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christof139 -> RE: Is there any reason not to plunder? (1/15/2007 9:49:36 PM)
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As far as I understand British and France goverments actually wanted confederate to get away from Union under the table but kept support nominal as Southern slave based economy was very unpopular at common people in UK and France that saw it similar than feudal serf system at wordiest case open support to south could have result some type of revolution in either France or UK.
They also feared that if South lose or is not determined to fight at all and sesession is solved trough negotiations it would drive relations with USA very strange position as trying to break up other country openly is almoust as same offence than declaring war in international politics.
Yes, that is similare to what I said. However, the British and French Governments did sell to both sides, and their manin concern was that the majority of popular opinion in their countries was for the Union, while the Governments and Industrialists of britain and france were mainly concerned with making money, so the longer the war went on the more profits they made, and if the CSA had become independent then that would have benefited the Governments and Industrialist of Britain, France and other European nations, as the USA would then have been divided and weakened and the CSA was siply another market for Eurpean goods and a big producer of agricultural products for the European market, especially cotton. Hence, during the war, Britain started rasing cotton in India I do believe it was. Seems the Governments these European powers had more of an economic outlook of the war rather than a moral outlook on the war.
Economics and profits sometimes affect our western civilization a bit too much in my view, at the expense of morals and other socio-economic aspects, and the same may be said for every civilization that has and does exist on our planet both in the past and the present.
Chris
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