What is it you fail to see?
As the nation we are (and were), has greater strengths than two nations. We started with a unified front & defeated our enemy, ensuring a new idea, with common goals.
When the division came, it was brought about by several conditions, INCLUDING slavery & the increase in federalism. The division of our nation weakened both the North & the South. The human condition was far different in 1860 than in 2000. The greatest changes in the south occured after mass industrialization, not before. You are not fighting for the same place that your grandaddies fought for.
The argument that unity is unity doesn't hold water when talking about something like the proposed unification between Canada, the US & Mexico because we did not start with the same ideals & common interests. We would be starting somethign new, not preserving what is.
The Civil War was fought on lands both north & south of the Mason Dixon. The injustices of war were atrocious, whether committed by the bluebloods or the rednecks. How is that different from any other war?
Had we become the USA & the CSA, we'd not be what we are today. Good or bad. In fact, there's a good chance neither of us would exist. The EU is a prime example of the mess we'd probably have.
Fighting to keep our values & freedoms from a government that is run by people looking to buy your vote (and winning by the way) & looking to indoctrinate your children is our common goal. Instead of fighting the current fight, you continually bring up somethgin that neither of us can change. That war is over & decided.
This one isn't.
