How did America know what to do with the issue of slavery? Surely, they did what they did was right. Wrong. They followed the British template of thirty years previously - present it as a moral imperative when, in fact, it was a means to keep the elite wealthy and empowered. 

Contrary to what we have been told the American Civil War's key aim, and the reason it was fought, was not to abolish slavery but to impose a new economic system in the country. In the industrial age, slavery was an anchronism and the new capitalist system was needed for America to compete with European imperial powers, We reveal how this was done. 

The American Civil War: A Clash of Economic Systems and the Birth of Corporate Power

From its founding, America was shaped by a wealthy elite who enshrined profit as the nation’s guiding principle. The Constitution, written by and for propertied men—many of whom owned slaves—established a legal framework that protected wealth accumulation above all else. A self-serving interpretation of Christianity emerged, framing material success as divine favour and poverty as moral failure. This ideology justified exploitation, from slavery to the ruthless expansion of industrial capitalism.

The Civil War was not, as often mythologized, a moral crusade against slavery. It was a violent struggle between two economic systems:

Abolitionists, though sincere in their fight against slavery, unwittingly served the elite’s agenda. Their activism provided the North with a righteous veneer for what was fundamentally an economic war. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (1863) was a tactical move, not a humanitarian one:

The Gettysburg Address further mythologized the war, invoking "government of the people, by the people, for the people"—a slogan that ignored the reality that the war was fought to decide which elite would control America’s future.

After the war, the brief period of Reconstruction (1865–1877) saw Black Americans gain voting rights and political representation. But this progress was swiftly dismantled:

While the Civil War raged, the U.S. government waged a second civil war—against Native nations.

Both wars served the same purpose: consolidating a white-dominated, industrialized nation.

The North’s victory didn’t just end slavery—it cemented industrial capitalism as America’s economic model. This system was then exported globally:

Conclusion: A War for Capital, Not Freedom

The Civil War was never about morality—it was about which economic system would rule America. The North’s victory ensured the rise of corporate power, wage slavery, and global imperialism, all while maintaining racial hierarchies.

The legacy of this war is still visible today:

The Civil War didn’t just reshape America—it created the blueprint for the modern corporate empire.

It is the 17th of September 1787, a monumental day in American history.

Drafted in secret by delegates to the Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1787, this four-page document, the Constitution has been signed, establishing the government of the United States.

So, why was it drafted in secret in a country that is claiming democracy as its founding principle?

The answer lies in who drafted it, who it is going serve.

All empires are built on greed.

All empires fall, the list is long and global, Rome, Persia, Britain, and now America.

That is a truism we all accept and then we are given the myriad reasons how and why they fell.

The fall represents the failure of the system.

It overextended, debt, military defeat.

Rise of competitor, cataclysmic natural disasters, etc.

Yet, one thing that is always ignored is the role of the human element in the Fall.

The reason is counter intuitive.

The Fall begins just as the Empire reaches its zenith, thinks it is unchallengeable and will last forever.

In their hubris, feeling untouchable, the Fall accelerates when the elite stop pretending that its system was anything but what you see.

All the fine words about civilization, the purported ideals it stands for, the ostensible moral virtues that underpinned its bloody actions, are shown to be merely tools to bind and exploit.