Sengachi comments on Closet survey #1 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Sengachi 13 January 2013 06:58:22PM 3 points [-]

I believe that the end results of the American Revolution were beneficial enough to justify it in hindsight. However at the time it was initiated, the projected benefits were indeed to little to justify what occurred.

Comment author: CronoDAS 14 January 2013 08:29:53AM 0 points [-]

Yeah; as far as I can tell, the United States basically got lucky in that its revolution didn't result in the kind of mess that appeared in the aftermath of various other famous revolutions.