Among other major events of the Victorian era was the American Civil War. Secession and the founding of the Confederate States of America were undisguised white supremacy, the perfection of a race-based slave society into eternity. The CSA purified and perfected the Philadelphia constitution which verbally obscured that slavery, the slave trade, and federal representation was based on individual wealth, of which the 3/5ths clause made clear that slaves were money -- not people.
Also secession and the CSA were reactions to the progressive movements in Europe, and even up north in the U.S. They were part of the regressive political thinking of the ruling elites of South America and other parts of the world that managed to defuse or otherwise circumvent the revolutionary - progressive movements and revolts of the 1840's.
Steampunk to me is deeply troubling, particularly when any troubling thoughts expressed provoke the response, "This is just fun, and anyway Name Writer of Your Choice is writing African steampunk."
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Date: 2011-09-01 03:45 pm (UTC)Among other major events of the Victorian era was the American Civil War. Secession and the founding of the Confederate States of America were undisguised white supremacy, the perfection of a race-based slave society into eternity. The CSA purified and perfected the Philadelphia constitution which verbally obscured that slavery, the slave trade, and federal representation was based on individual wealth, of which the 3/5ths clause made clear that slaves were money -- not people.
Also secession and the CSA were reactions to the progressive movements in Europe, and even up north in the U.S. They were part of the regressive political thinking of the ruling elites of South America and other parts of the world that managed to defuse or otherwise circumvent the revolutionary - progressive movements and revolts of the 1840's.
Steampunk to me is deeply troubling, particularly when any troubling thoughts expressed provoke the response, "This is just fun, and anyway Name Writer of Your Choice is writing African steampunk."
Love, C.