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re: What’s an American history hot take you’ve got?
Posted on 8/19/26 at 2:47 pm to grizzlylongcut
Posted on 8/19/26 at 2:47 pm to grizzlylongcut
Thomas Jefferson's will provisioned the release/manumission of all his slaves upon his death. The executor of the will was Polish and American hero, Thad Kosciuszko. However, someone popped up to dispute the will, and it ultimately took more than 30 years to reach the SCOTUS. By that time, it was too late.
By "too late", I mean that if the slaves have been manumitted, it would have been a HUGE national story. I argue that it could have changed the course of American slavery, with the possible aversion of the Civil War - the most prominent living Virginian planter freeing his slaves.
By "too late", I mean that if the slaves have been manumitted, it would have been a HUGE national story. I argue that it could have changed the course of American slavery, with the possible aversion of the Civil War - the most prominent living Virginian planter freeing his slaves.
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Posted on 8/19/26 at 2:52 pm to RoyalAir
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Communism is objectively worse than Fascism, both in terms of sheer body count of dead, and ruinous consequences to the European continent.
it's objectively much worse, but it's much worse in such a nice way
Posted on 8/19/26 at 3:00 pm to Sam Quint
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objectively much worse, but it's much worse in such a nice way
We just haven't tried it properly.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 3:02 pm to migui8618
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The frick you think the Cold War was a reaction to?
Umm Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy?
I mean we couldn't let them sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids could we?
This post was edited on 8/19/26 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 8/19/26 at 3:55 pm to OWLFAN86
The Battle of the Alamo was fought between people trying to maintain the institution of slavery and ones who abolished slavery after winning their independence from their colonizer.
The slavers lost the battle.
The slavers lost the battle.
This post was edited on 8/19/26 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 8/19/26 at 4:37 pm to grizzlylongcut
If Lincoln hadn’t make the hard decision to keep the country unified, we’d be Europe number 2, and Germany would have taken over the world in 1945.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 4:40 pm to grizzlylongcut
The US actually won in Vietnam. Look at them now.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:01 pm to Darth_Vader
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The 17th, 19th, and 26th amendments were horrible mistakes.
You forgot the 16th:
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The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:09 pm to McVick
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The Battle of the Alamo
Revisionist history
At the time
Goliad Massacre > The Alamo
Now
The Alamo > Goliad Massacre
Except for really old timers and service academy students, bet you can not find anybody today that heard of Goliad Massacre.
TL : DR Santa Anna was the Saddam Hussein of his day because of the Goliad Massacre, not the Alamo.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:12 pm to ShrimperDan
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England was foolish for ever entering South Africa.
FIFY
They got into the Zulu wars and lost the first tow till they "won" the third. They were down there defending the DeBeers diamond monopoly and DeBeers never reciprocating by locating their HQ in the UK / London.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:24 pm to Stinger_1066
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What if Germany had developed the atomic bomb?
Moot point.
We lucked out that Hitler was a military idiot.
The ME 262 was designed before Hitler entered Poland if memory serves.
It was the first jet EVER!
Brilliant Hitler used it as a support bomber like the Stuka
Did not really make it operational till like 44 (after Stalingrad, Battle of Britain, Kursk, etc, etc,)
Imagine if in say the summer of 40 (Battle of Britain) Hitler used it as a fighter, interceptor, and bomber escort. Considering in 44 or 45, 1 went up in the air and took down 1/2 dozen to 1 dozen big US bombers and no US escort fighter scratched it.
P51 Mustang was probably the best piston fighter of the war and it could not hold a candle to the first jet fighter. Imagine a P51 taking on an early US or USSR jet from Korea.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:24 pm to YungBuck
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Patton was right
Agreed. He's always right. Patton Oswalt is my favorite comedian.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:32 pm to sta4ever
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We didn’t join WWII to save the Jews like a lot of people think.
I don't know anyone who believes this. Do you?
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:35 pm to grizzlylongcut
Getting directly involved in WW1 was a mistake.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:37 pm to sta4ever
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We didn’t join WWII to save the Jews like a lot of people think.
I’ve never seen a single person have that opinion.
In fact, we didn’t give a frick about the Jews. We knew all about it in the late 30’s as soon as it started in earnest—so did all of the Allies.
We turned boats around that sought refuge. There’s no possible narrative that we got involved to save the Jews lol.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:41 pm to Cheese Grits
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Except for really old timers and service academy students, bet you can not find anybody today that heard of Goliad Massacre.
You know how many Texans post on this site? We know about Goliad.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:43 pm to Indefatigable
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Getting directly involved in WW1 was a mistake.
That goes for literally every country involved in WW1
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:44 pm to Celery
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The world would be better if we stayed out of WW1.
If the US stayed out of WWI
AAANNNNNDDDDD
Germany didn’t send Lenin back to Russia
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:46 pm to RoyalAir
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We should have joined with the Germans in their conflict against the communists.
Well there is this tricky fact that Germany invaded France and Belgium before ever attacking the Russians.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 5:50 pm to grizzlylongcut
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We were dealing with a dishonorable people.
More like we were dealing with people who had gold under their feet. The US signed two treaties with the Cherokees that established their sovereign territory. Once gold was discovered on their lands, the US tore up those treaties. Yes, very honorable.
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