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:lamonot sure where you were getting your information but it is not correct. the majority of democrats opposed the civil rights act.
The difference between me and you is that I get my information from books and reputable news sources rather than right wing grifters. But here's the basic wiki page. Vote break down is in there, they even include the breakdown of the vote by the southern delegations which is a nice surprising bit of context.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Wikipedia
in fact they filibustered the bill for hours and hours. It was the majority of republicans that over came it and they where the ones that pushed the bill through.
Southern Republicans also participated in that filibuster.
The fact is that democrats were the party of slavery, helped start the KKK and continue to keep people enslaved to the government.
Those are facts as is the fact that they were Southerners who were joined by Republican Southerners to oppose equality in 64' and 65'.
Slavery is nothing more then the suppression of a people and control over a group of people. If you are depending on me to give you food and shelter and
basic needs then i have the power over you and you will do what i say or you will suffer the consequences. that by definition is slavery.
Slavery is forced servitude what you describe is dependence. They are not the same thing. True slaves can be dependent on their captors for food, shelter and clothing but not all people dependent on others are slaves. Take children for example.