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#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Power of Hate in War
What is true about war, what is both good and dangerous about it, is you form an almost unparalleled bond with those on your side. The level of violence as human beings are capable of how long they're able to sustain it. Ulysses Grant has a total transformation. He goes into the Civil War, an anti-Semite, and a racist. He comes out with actually very enlightened views because he sees what Jewish soldiers and what African American soldiers did.
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