• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 hours ago

    Their plan was literally ‘Britain needs our cotton’.

    Problem:

    India exists.

    Second problem:

    The US… had a navy. The Confederacy… basically did not.

    Anyway, all ports blockaded, never seriously challenged.

    … Just real 12D chess goin on, even a fucking HOI4 player would laugh at how stupid their plan was.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      15 minutes ago

      yup, an agrarian monoculture swinging against the industrial powerhouse of the north… not very smart.