Comment on "Thank you For Your Service"... During the Revolutionary War!
themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoTo be entirely fair the us military hasn’t been of that much use to the American public since it’s inception.
Comment on "Thank you For Your Service"... During the Revolutionary War!
themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoTo be entirely fair the us military hasn’t been of that much use to the American public since it’s inception.
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If it was so useless you would still have your 1790 borders
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wieson@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Which wouldn’t be too bad.
The citizens didn’t gain much through the conquest.
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You think they didn’t? There would be no California (well, Alta California would be a thing, but mainly Hispanic), no Texas (the same), no Great Plains, no Oregon, no Louisiana (would be mainly franco-hispanic) and no Florida. I’d say it changes quite a lot of things
wieson@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes, it would be different but not necessarily better. There is no moral value in the US owning that land. If it was owned by Spain, or maybe have many different independence movements and be owned by native peoples, would it be worse?
The Great plains would also still exist (as would Louisiana and Florida)??? They don’t vanish if someone else governs them.