Re: [Marxism] On the 1812 war

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nestor wrote:
> I understand that today's cdes. don't see these events, which are
> embedded in the history of the (bourgeois) USofA, but without these
> events, which were the direct result of "Mr. Madison's War" there
> would have been no Second USAmerican Revolution in the 1860s, and
> most probably there would not exist a unified country "from sea to
> sea" between the 30th and 50th paralells in the Northern tier of the
> American continent.

Who knows. The world would probably be better off if the Crown had
suppressed the revolt of 1776. Compared to the USA, Canada looks positively
benign.


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