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re: Another Civlil War Question
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:05 pm to udtiger
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:05 pm to udtiger
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North didn’t have a 3000 mile supply line and a lack of familiarity with the geography
They also didn’t have the world’s largest, most trained army and a broke frick enemy that was supported by less than half the population.
The colonists had little chance of beating Britain, but they did. Truly one of the more remarkable victories in human history. And for the record there’s no individual more responsible for that than that guy George Washington... which is why lots of stuff is named after ole GW
And for the record, Alexander Hamilton - G-Dub’s right hand man - was the guy who truly saw and developed the plan to win. And his genius was that it wasn’t militarily; he knew we couldn’t beat them head to head. So he flipped the script and changed the battlefield. He understood economics, banking, and human behavior like few others and realized we didn’t have to beat the British on the field; we just needed all the Dutch creditors to King George start to get nervous and lose confidence and really start to put a pinch on the Crown Treasury. And he knew we could eventually just make it not worth it to the Crown and they’d have no choice but to pull out.
Of course few people in history have ever had the amount of raw leadership and charisma needed to hold an army together while essentially getting their arse kicked all over the place for the time required for Hamilton’s plan to realize. But one of those people in human history was George Washington and he’s why we exist today
Posted on 8/10/20 at 5:58 am to Cold Drink
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He understood economics, banking, and human behavior like few others and realized we didn’t have to beat the British on the field; we just needed all the Dutch creditors to King George start to get nervous and lose confidence and really start to put a pinch on the Crown Treasury.
One way or another, the Iron Bank always gets its gold back.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 6:44 am to Cold Drink
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The colonists had little chance of beating Britain, but they did.
That is a bit of revisionist history.
Briton had too many other fish to fry and decided the effort was not worth it at the time, the colonist had a 0% path to victory otherwise.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 6:48 am to Cold Drink
And...Hamilton was a federalist who wanted to return to a monarchy. He was an enemy to the constitution and our Republic, in Jefferson I trust!
Posted on 8/10/20 at 7:21 am to Cold Drink
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we just needed all the Dutch creditors to King George start to get nervous and lose confidence and really start to put a pinch on the Crown Treasury
I think the actual military pressure the British were facing from the Dutch, Spanish, and especially French is vastly underestimated and is the true reason we won. They were in battles with all 3 across the globe and couldnt focus on the USA. George Washington was the least of their worries, he just made it worse.
American Revolution one battlefront in World War
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Posted on 8/10/20 at 9:03 am to Cold Drink
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And for the record, Alexander Hamilton - G-Dub’s right hand man - was the guy who truly saw and developed the plan to win. And his genius was that it wasn’t militarily; he knew we couldn’t beat them head to head. So he flipped the script and changed the battlefield. He understood economics, banking, and human behavior like few others and realized we didn’t have to beat the British on the field; we just needed all the Dutch creditors to King George start to get nervous and lose confidence and really start to put a pinch on the Crown Treasury. And he knew we could eventually just make it not worth it to the Crown and they’d have no choice but to pull out.
Calm down Lin Manuel Miranda
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