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by barry-cotter
4373 days ago
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He's analogising it to the American Revolution. I find this more than a little strained for a number of reasons. 1. Imagine the horror of a world where the USA looked more like Canada and slavery probably ended without the bloodiest war in North America's history.
2. British tyranny was light. At the time of the American Revolution the Crown's North American subjects were richer and less lightly taxed than its British ones.
3. Military and transportation technology have advanced radically since that time. No European power managed to subdue trans-Atlantic rebellions from established settler states. The US armed forces are designed for fighting two major wars at a time and have oceans to east and west and client states to north and south. They would have no problem subduing "terrorists" or "seditionists". |
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