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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
I don't get it. Can you restate your point?
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
You can't separate the causes from the effect. The war itself, seen in the proper context, was a gigantic protest..
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Axoim: The Civil War was caused by protest, therefore the civil war was a protest.
World War 2 was caused (in part) by a depression in Germany, therefore World War 2 was a depression.
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
"often". Not "always". "often". See the difference.
The Revolutionary War started as a protest. Look at what was happening in the moments leading up to The Shot Heard Round The World. We won. The South didn't.
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You're repeating your assertion that an event is defined by its cause more than it's actual happenings and effect. I tried to poke a hole in this assertion by applying it to WW2. I can apply it to something else, if you'd like.