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>allowing them to continue to exist as a separate country from the United States. This inadvertently makes a point I like to make when discussing the US Civil
by remarkEon 3y ago
>allowing them to continue to exist as a separate country from the United States.
This inadvertently makes a point I like to make when discussing the US Civil War with those unfamiliar with it. The US didn't really have a civil war. It split into two separate countries and then had a regular war, where one country conquered the other.
- actionfromafar 3y agoSo, what is a true civil war then?
- remarkEon 3y agoI think the best example of a "true" civil war is probably the Chinese Civil War. I say that because it was fought across the entire geography, for a long time, where the belligerents were never sure who was friend and who was foe. The US civil war, relatively speaking, is pretty boring. When it started, everyone was already on "their" side of the line. So you didn't have kidnappings, murders, other horror show stuff that's common in civil wars throughout history.
- pocketarc 3y agoI assume one that doesn’t involve breaking up to create a new country. Plenty of wars like that, like the English civil wars between different political factions[0]. But I’m still going to call it the US civil war. It’s what it’s called, even if it might not the fit the traditional definition. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War