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I know what some of you are going to type. Some bullshit about overall strategy, the distance between Britain and the US colonies, how Britain was already weakened with a bunch of other wars, and etc. And sure, that definitely played a part, but the biggest part played by FAR is not any of that. It's that the colonies were at least mostly united against Britain. Sure, some were uneasy about actually fighting to say the least, but even with that, the people all still wanted Britain gone regardless.
So why am I bringing this up? Well... I asked myself this question because earlier, I asked myself if a hypothetical revolution, staged right now, would actually be successful. And the answer is, in my opinion, no. As said before, revolutions need a lot of things, but all of that is ancillary to the unity of the people working together, or at very least, being of the same mind. And what do I see in the US today? Heavy division. Extremism (though admittedly, I think this is STARTING to go away, but that's just my current observations). If a revolution was attempted now, we would fragment into another war-torn continent much akin to Africa, which is the worst possibility of them all.
You could have all the training and all the weapons and all the money in the world, but if the people aren't supporting each other, then it is all for nothing. Actually, less than nothing, as an attempted revolution will just divide the country into a bunch of bloody conflicts, leaving it in a way worse state than it was before.
So why am I bringing this up? Well... I asked myself this question because earlier, I asked myself if a hypothetical revolution, staged right now, would actually be successful. And the answer is, in my opinion, no. As said before, revolutions need a lot of things, but all of that is ancillary to the unity of the people working together, or at very least, being of the same mind. And what do I see in the US today? Heavy division. Extremism (though admittedly, I think this is STARTING to go away, but that's just my current observations). If a revolution was attempted now, we would fragment into another war-torn continent much akin to Africa, which is the worst possibility of them all.
You could have all the training and all the weapons and all the money in the world, but if the people aren't supporting each other, then it is all for nothing. Actually, less than nothing, as an attempted revolution will just divide the country into a bunch of bloody conflicts, leaving it in a way worse state than it was before.
