David Reynolds Interview: The Complexities of Abraham Lincoln's Morality and Political Ambition

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@KatherineUribe-1 Ай бұрын

Fascinating. As one who has a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, I find Lincoln's style of coping with depression inspirational. Lincoln had a tremendous brain matched only by his heart. Thank you for posting this wonderful look at an iconic figure.

@jeffmilroy9345 Ай бұрын

His voters did get exactly what they asked for and in spades. The ones still alive even voted for him a second time as crazy as that sounds. You cannot argue with that I guess. On the other hand the death and destruction of "hard war" and despair of the freed slave abandoned in extremely hostile surroundings is another thing to maybe consider. I imagine if he could look now after the dust has settled - taking a hard in-depth look at our once great inner cities Lincoln would still justify it as "gods will for the evils of slavery". He might be chastened a bit by seeing what farm mechanization did to farm labor but that is another evil altogether and hindsight is 20/20 as they say.

@tariqkhonji6556 Жыл бұрын

Best interview on Lincoln I’ve ever heard

@cedric7122 4 ай бұрын

Excellent Lecture. People were only going to get the message through war. Consider the mindset of people who would enslave a person.

@KatherineUribe-1 Ай бұрын

There are those among us now who would return the United States to such a horrific time.

@cedric7122 Ай бұрын

@@KatherineUribe-1 They must have a death wish.

@jeffmilroy9345 Ай бұрын

@@cedric7122 They do. And the wish is fulfilled. 1,000,000 times every year. But no matter, the historical religious heart and soul of antislavery abolition is dying fast. I understand something like 90% of young people never darken the door of a house of worship. Which is OK because houses of worship properties are sold by the hundreds and thousands every year. These are simple facts.

@skate103 Жыл бұрын

This was great, thank you!

@dr.calebrobbins.3177 Жыл бұрын

Abe Lincoln , it appears to me , was able to see the Big Picture: By using the skilled intellectual discipline of his mind, did not allow himself to be overwhelmed by that ... He was a man of the limits and evolutions of his time. - Today we would say he was able to think outside the BOX in which he lived.