Obi Wan Ryobi

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The North had most advantages, and was destined to win once they got past the clownfest of generals like McCellan and Pope and finally got a decent general in Grant. There’s some argument Lee is overrated, and if he really was as great as claimed, he would have been able to win the war while the Union was going through their pre-Grant clownfest of generals.

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The North’s advantages are well documented, but the South had many advantages too. Wars are won by the side that best flexes their advantages, which the North ended up doing.

Lee might be a tad overrated but the bigger story is Grant is vastly underrated. “We’re going to stop worrying about what Lee is going to do next and make him start worrying what we’re going to do next” is the attitude change on the Union side that spelled the beginning of the end for the South by that point.


That said, it’s not just on the battlefield the South failed. If the South had a Benjamin Franklin / Lafayette type who could have brought in UK/France then it’s a different story.


Anyway, it’s all an interesting discussion. I think the North wins about 6 times out of 10. It absolutely wasn’t a sure thing.

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A drop in the bucket. The confederacy was a doomed effort from the start

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Fake news. South could have won. Prediction markets at the time gave them roughly 44%, which is prob about right.

Needed better diplomacy and - ironically - more centralized decision making, especially in the beginning.

Biggest whiff of the whole war was after the first battle of bull run where the South didn’t know what to do after its victory so decided the best course of action was to just sit there with their thumb up their arse.

And of course Lee fricked up Gettysburg. And once Grant and Sherman started rolling then it truly was just a matter of time.

But war could have been won.

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Congrats on your 1/8 acre. Some of us have to actually break a sweat and for that, we need some longevity.

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And in that case you probably want a gas mower.

Congrats, genius, you’ve cracked the code.

Whiskey Bay exit

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So, are you upset because there are three Black people and one gay guy on set?

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The people who ask these questions are always the first to complain if it were 4 white guys on set

Dude’s ears are such that he can hear every word we say about him

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Outdoor theme park in the metro with possibly the worst year around weather of any major metro in the US seems like a retarded idea

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This is so true. Does anywhere else compare in terms of how many days of the year are too hot/too cold?

Can’t stand the weather here.

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Pootin will eventually pull the kids gloves off and frick them up

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Just wait bro

The regular one with walnuts are better

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tell me how this is rip off?

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My post was being sarcastic. I’m sure you got a great deal.