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Vox, once again on point with this article. How can you argue with this?
Here is the intro:
The rest of the article is here, I put the summary of his points in bold above.
3 reasons the American Revolution was a mistake - Vox
Can anyone argue against these points? I dare anyone to challenge the Dylan Matthew's claims in this article. Very thought provoking piece that challenges the feel good and false narrative on which the US was founded.
Here is the intro:
This July 4th, I'm celebrating by taking a plane from the US to the United Kingdom. The timing wasn't intentional, but I embrace the symbolism. American independence in 1776 was a monumental mistake. We should be mourning the fact that we left the United Kingdom, not cheering it.
Of course, evaluating the wisdom of the American Revolution means dealing with counterfactuals. As any historian would tell you, this is messy business. We obviously can't be entirely sure how America would have fared if it had stayed in the British Empire longer, perhaps gaining independence a century or so later, along with Canada.
But I'm reasonably confident a world where the revolution never happened would be better than the one we live in now, for three main reasons: slavery would've been abolished earlier, American Indians would've faced rampant persecution but not the outright ethnic cleansing Andrew Jackson and other American leaders perpetrated, and America would have a parliamentary system of government that makes policymaking easier and lessens the risk of democratic collapse.
The rest of the article is here, I put the summary of his points in bold above.
3 reasons the American Revolution was a mistake - Vox
Can anyone argue against these points? I dare anyone to challenge the Dylan Matthew's claims in this article. Very thought provoking piece that challenges the feel good and false narrative on which the US was founded.