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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 84 points 1 day ago (15 children)

A coworker once told me that the South was doomed because the North had a larger industrial base. I said that sounded like wisdom in English, but it was a joke in Vietnamese.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The north Vietnamese had China and the Soviet Union backing them. The US south had basically nobody.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://richardpoe.substack.com/p/how-the-british-caused-the-american

Many people believe that the British government actively pushed the south to secede in order to weaken the US.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago

So... Not unlike Putin now? Hunh. No wonder they don't want history taught in school.

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