Since the conclusion of the American Civil War at Appomattox, political and social equality has been the organizing goal of society.  As such, aspects of social reality that deviate from this goal ‘consecrated’ by the dead of the Civil War are either ignored or seen as great problems to be solved through political agitation. Through successive social revolutions, Americans have attempted to give everyone regardless of ability or social station both autonomy and security. A slave has almost no autonomy, but perfect security. A free laborer has legal autonomy but only limited security. The labor movements and Socialism itself is […]