Do you really think the ending of slavery had
> nothing to do with agitation in the streets? Really?
>
Do you imagine that* *chattel slavery could persist as a social institution in an advanced industrial society? Or that it is mere happy coincidence that it does not?
Chris and Wojtek are right; Carrol is wrong (although I suspect he overstated his case, rather than actually believing his own claim). Technological and economic innovations have influenced the behavior of governments far more than angry mobs - and I've never been one to underestimate the influence of angry mobs.
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."