As anger about the presence of ICE in Minneapolis divided the nation, Americans turned to the American Civil War for metaphors.
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There was a reason Southern businessmen and thinkers were inspired by ancient Egypt: To them, it served as proof that all great civilizations were hierarchal societies sustained by enslaved labor.
Protesters toppled and damaged a statue of Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, in 2020. It is now displayed at a museum just as they left it: prone and paint-splattered, with a toilet-paper noose.
US law has long held that those who support rebels and insurrectionists are just as guilty of treason as those who support foreign enemies.
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