> You're applying a 21st century post-globalization lens to a 18th century world. because we're discussing 20th/21st century geopolitics at first place? Of cou

> You're applying a 21st century post-globalization lens to a 18th century world. because we're discussing 20th/21st century geopolitics at first place? Of course I am. Pakistan or India didn't exist in the 18th century, in fact these are British constructs. > The fact that people of Anglo-Saxon descent and people of Scots-Irish descent had an equal hand in the early US government was remarkable in and of itself, let alone the fact that the Catholic population in Maryland had equal rights under the law from day one. Yes, fighting against the British empire certainly was an efficient motivator. But still black people and indigenous populations were still left out of what you consider a feat.