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The US is a great example to consider: compare the odds of success of a violent secessionist movement in Hong Kong to those of the Confederacy winning the Civil
by akamaka 6y ago
The US is a great example to consider: compare the odds of success of a violent secessionist movement in Hong Kong to those of the Confederacy winning the Civil War.
Or perhaps a French example might be more relevant, with a single city at stake: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune
- jki275 6y agoRevolutionary war. Not civil war.
- akamaka 6y agoCall it what you like: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_American_Civil_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_American_Civil_...
- jki275 6y agoTalking about a different war dude. History didn't start in 1860.
- akamaka 6y agoSorry I wasn’t clear about what I was trying to say. My argument was that most violent independence movements aren’t successful, an example of which was the Civil War, which was also called the “War for Southern Independence” by the rebels. Having a revolution sounds great if you expect it to turn out like 1776, but the majority of the time it doesn’t work out that way.