General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Barry Poppins]

but I also think 10 provinces (and 3 territories) is not quite the same clusterfuck as 50 seperate states. wtf were u guys thinking lol

Well it originally started as 13.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Well it originally started as 13.

prob should have just kept it like that

 

[Kiffy Lube]

North Dakota happened, I can't complain

 

[Comrade Khan]

(im talking shit so plz no one get offended at my america slander)

 

[Barry Poppins]

In fact, I will say this about the Lost Cause Myth

If anything, we've only just begun to course-correct the damage done by the Lost Cause Myth, as people are starting to finally be re-taught the real reasons behind the Civil War's build-up and cause.

 

[Barry Poppins]

prob should have just kept it like that

So there was actually a good reason for why the US territory was divided up into separate states if you're interested.

 

[Comrade Khan]

If anything, we've only just begun to course-correct the damage done by the Lost Cause Myth, as people are starting to finally be re-taught the real reasons behind the Civil War's build-up and cause.

its fucked up that ppl were allowed to legally teach this

 

[Comrade Khan]

its fucked up that ppl were allowed to legally teach this

even more fucked up that the same ppl who think its cool to teach this are the same people that say teaching real history and systematic racism is somehow brainwashing and evil

 

[Kiffy Lube]

I'm goin' take off for a bit, I'm not allowed to talk politics in main

 

[Barry Poppins]

its fucked up that ppl were allowed to legally teach this

It has a lot to do with the fact that daughters and wives of Confederate soldiers and leaders had to make ends meet by being teachers. Ergo, pretty simple explanation. Confederates rewrote their history so as to maintain their political power against a new crop of political rivals

 

[Comrade Khan]

ig the same folk probably not big fans of crfitical thinking courses either, damn lib schools

 

[Comrade Khan]

It has a lot to do with the fact that daughters and wives of Confederate soldiers and leaders had to make ends meet by being teachers. Ergo, pretty simple explanation. Confederates rewrote their history so as to maintain their political power against a new crop of political rivals

yeah this does not sound like something a united country does. honestly feel that the North fucked up and should not ever have let these dumb racist fucks continue to govern their lands. had you nipped that shit in the bun 200 years ago probbly be a lot less divided today

 

[Comrade Khan]

but they let that shit fester

 

[Barry Poppins]

So TL/DR: The reason multiple states existed was to please the smaller states like Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maryland who had no land claims out West. Should they have allowed states like Virginia and Pennsylvania rights to those plots of land, their influence would have overwhelmed the smaller states just by their sheer size. It was a compromise to make sure that all things were equal in this new union.

 

[Barry Poppins]

yeah this does not sound like something a united country does. honestly feel that the North fucked up and should not ever have let these dumb racist fucks continue to govern their lands. had you nipped that shit in the bun 200 years ago probbly be a lot less divided today

And now you understand why Lincoln dying and Andrew Johnson becoming President was the worst thing to happen to this country. Probably even worse than Andrew Jackson betraying the natives of Southern America.