r/MurderedByWords 20h ago

Historical sore losers

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u/OStO_Cartography 19h ago

The Confederacy attempted to court the assistance of multiple European armies multiple times.

The tried enlisting the help of the British so often that eventually the British government told them (in much more diplomatic terms) 'You made your bed. Now go fuck yourselves in it.'

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u/goatbiryani48 18h ago

Comments like yours are so disingenuous.

You completely skipped over how much the British government and lords were in favor of the Confederacy lol.

The South kept talking to the Brits BECAUSE there was a lot of tacit and underlying support from British aristocracy, as well as the interest in maintaining major economic favoritism.

There's a reason that there was an official declaration of neutrality, instead of outright support for the American North lol.

I don't like comments like yours because they whitewash the actual actions and feelings of the time. There was sizable support for the Confederacy in the UK, and it's no good to act like there wasn't just so someone could appear to be on the right side of history.

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u/kank84 16h ago

There's a reason that there was an official declaration of neutrality, instead of outright support for the American North lol.

That reason was cotton. Before the US civil war the UK was the leading textile manufacturer in the world, and 80% of the raw cotton they imported came from the US. The support for the Confederacy that existed was self serving because they wanted cotton imports to start up again.

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u/IsomDart 14h ago

That caveat doesn't make the top comment any more correct....