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I agree with most of the points that Underspin has made here, but I seriously don't see any quick methods for most East Asian cultures to let go of face. Most of the values in those societies are BASED on the face that you earn for family and ancestors.
As for the Civil War, while I greatly respect the fact that Congress declared slavery illegal after the war ended, I thought that it was more of a byproduct than a cause of the war. If I remember correctly, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued during the war to undercut the Southern labor force, which consisted primarily of slaves. The causes of the war were to LIMIT slavery in what were considered new territories at the time, not completely abolish it.
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