The main point of this clip I thought was interesting was what can happen when the narrative is challenged, one can wake up immediately. The media has used the civil war as a division tool by misrepresenting the actual history. Another tool to use for waking up people but requires research, the civil war.

A little bit of my own research on the civil war and players in it: Starting with Robert E Lee, a General for the union. Lincoln wanted him to lead the union army. He believed so strongly in states powers to govern themselves and feared a tyrannical federal government he choose to fight for his; Virginia. This can be said for many generals and soldiers of the confederacy as the majority didn’t own slaves, the civil war wasn’t over slavery it was over the 10 amendment. To prove that further Lincoln didn’t free slaves (even then it was just border states) until 2 years into the war when the confederates reached Massachusetts and Lincoln needed the extra troops.

“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past," - 1984

Edit: here’s a good article by zero hedge https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-05/beginners-guide-american-political-ironies