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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.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Apples and oranges.

Vietnamese had been fighting for twenty years against the French and Japanese. The South thought they would achieve victory with a few battles.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So weak, stupid, and with a rigid mindset?

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

I've seen this idea from several sources. The British figured that American 'Manifest Destiny' would mean annexing Canada eventually. It didn't cost the Brits a lot to stir up Southern resentments against the North. So they South got played.

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago

It took a while but that's looks like exactly what they are trying to do.

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