>win independence in an easy revolution
>millions of slaves to propel your economy
>only people who are in the way of you expanding to the Pacific are tribal savages
>natural resources fucking everywhere
>experience minimal losses in the two worst wars in the history of mankind
>as a result, get thrust into superpower status immediately
>>2903582
Slaves usually hinder an economy. You tend to have less innovation, just look at the southern United States compared to the north, it's undoubtedly true that the culture of the average redneck was far worse than the average yank but slavery did not help their situation out
>>2903518
>UK
>easy mode
WEW!
>even the typhoons are on the nips side
>>2903677
the north didn't benefit greatly still from the agricultural output to the south?
>>2903677
>culture of a redneck was far worse than the average yank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUjLE_N1Cuc
this to listen song and then repeat what you said
>>2903582
Seriously. It angers me to think that Americans think they sacrificed in the world wars when their civilian population wasn't being bombed on a regular basis.
>>2903957
We sacrificed our democracy to the military industrial complex, though.
oil
>>2903937
but not the oil and the nukes
>>2903582
slavery was actually a drag on the economy, goods in the south were inferior, wasteful, depressed market for labor, etc. etc. it was not at all something that was good for us
>>2903957
oh boy, you got punched a lot, here let me give you a medal
>>2903952
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5ra9cXx1-o
Also: It was written by a northerner who just had a fun time in the South so technically it's a Northern song
>>2904206
naturally, which is all the more hilarious to me when people ignorant of history are opposed to it being played
>>2903957
Completely unnecessary sacrifice, though. I really wish we had stayed out of the world wars, it's insane the lengths the brits pulled us along for, just to cuck the germans, t. canadian.