[mint2]

> Another one is the civil war, where the interests of the industrial north ( the desire to protect industry via tariffs ) directly conflicted withe the interests of the agrarian south ( who wanted to remove tariffs ) so they could sell cotton/agricultural goods to foreign markets.

Of areas where the north and south’s interests conflicted in the civil war that’s not the one most people call out.

[coredog64]

Doesn’t mean that it’s not true or wasn’t also a big deal.

[mint2]

What you say is true but the poster didn’t really draw a connection to the main point that showed why this example was chosen so it’s a pretty random example to draw and kind of odd.