Apparently they changed it just to spite the Danes.

IIRC, the secessions were preceeded by a period where it was sort of an open secret of what's gonna happen, with stuff like future confederate generals transferring cannon stock to southern bases, and moving themselves and their families south, and the North by and large stood by and let it happen under the rationale that "we shouldn't anger them, they may still come around". To the point that, again, IIRC, the commander of Fort Sumter saw trouble brewing across the river and requested reinforcements just before the war, and was turned down.

I mean, that's kind of what happened with the last civil war too.

I'm sorry, I was told if Trump wins this one it's the end of democracy. What other presidents?

You're saying your grandmother doesn't try to convince everyone she meets the Earth is flat?

And it's somehow by far better than most TV ever was.

A rabid dog growls when nobody's whistling, so to speak.

You mean "the other F".

No, see, that would mean there are people out there who disagree with me who aren't either tankies or maga, and that impossible because that would mean... that would... oh no...

It's gonna be so funny

More like take note people, this is how you get laws you want.

You'd think so, but I guess they didn't.

"Amid violence"

No, it did it's purpose: it made headlines.

Give it another 20 years, then release it with an accompanying series of articles about "wow, check out all the fucked up shit the CIA used to do, aren't you glad they stopped!"

I was actually kinda pissed when I had to switch to a car with a CD player and couldn't use it anymore.

I have a feeling abridged series are on average better than the originals.

It was kinda funny when lemmy was just taking in the reddit exodus crowd and people were complaining that their front page was full of German and Polish posts.

Organising requires funds, though.

Pissing on the poor is lemmy's favourite sport.