re: #211 Nojay UK

If I’m not mistaken the Founders started an armed insurrection to overthrow the existing government which they saw as illegitimate. They got away with it though so no backsies.

Our revolution, like every successful revolution anywhere ever, had plenty of outside help — personnel, weapons and money — from the existing government’s other enemies. People who probably didn’t care one way or the other about us, but had their own reasons for wanting to harm the people we were resurrecting against. (in our case, France. They spent so much money on our revolution it bankrupted King Louis, and had a lot to do with why his people insurrected against him a few years later).

And the mercenary troops the British Crown brought in for backup? Turns out mercenaries don’t stay bought. We gave the Hessians 50 acres each to switch sides, and more than 20% of them did.