How Benedict Arnold went from wartime hero to resentful traitor

Re:How Benedict Arnold went from wartime hero to resentful t... by perl4ever on Monday June 18, 2018 @01:34AM (#17336169)

I think the difference between the historical US and the British Empire is not so much the type of oppression as the scale. The US is currently under 8% of the world's land area. The British Empire was close to a quarter at its largest, and there has never been a larger.

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Re:How Benedict Arnold went from wartime hero to resentful t... by justaaron on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:39AM (#17336710)

Guam, the Phillipines, the Spanish American War, The Monroe Doctrine, 200+ years of meddling in Latin American affairs as a result.

Good grief, why are we even having such a conversation?

"but your genocide was worse than our genocide"

Learn to separate rhetorical devices, propaganda for the working classes via the free public education system, and actual historical facts and context.

Let's just say that altruism and moral purity haven't been high on the political values pile anywhere that power relations are exercised. A little less "my precious" will help in a dispassionate and accurate analysis.

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