Cromwell, as many revolutionary leaders like Napoleon, was benefited from the great asset known as "Be less retarded than your enemies".
you know... be good at delegating, promote officers and officials who are actually good at their job rather than based on hereditary bloodline, standardize your troop equipment and training, take good care of supply and logistics, don't rush into retarded manouvers based on some archaic honor code, adopt new innovations and discard obsolete ones...
That sort of thing.
You would be surprised how often that's the winning ticket ...and how rarely it is actually used. So rarely, in fact, that when someone does it, it seems like a genius move.
It's more so that sycophancy and corruption give you a greater advantage over someone competent who is still on your side, allowing you to rise through the ranks but leaves you unprepared to deal with someone actually trying to destroy you.
Fun fact: approximately 1/6th of men living in New England traveled back to old England to fight in the English Civil War. This would be kind of like being a colonist on Mars and catching a shuttle back to earth to fight in WW3.
Well, those men in the new england were generally poor and uneducated, and had little prospects for future. They were frequently exploited by american businessmen paying pennies for hard labor.
Fighting in a war is a good way for a young man to make money and possibly a career for himself.
>poor and uneducated
Colonial New England had one of the highest literacy rates in the world and it was settled largely by folks who had been economically comfortable common farmers in the old country. Even those who came over as servants were able to make names for themselves and hold local offices of responsibility.
They went back to fight because they were exactly the type of soldier Parliament was recruiting back home: men ideologically committed to the Good Old Cause.
yes. right at the top of the list
He dabbed on potatomorons harder than anyone in history.
+300 based points
he also dabbed on the monarchy
-400 based points
*+
fuck, typo
No, he had it right. God save the King.
No commies on my board. Get
>potatomorons
who?
England's second colony. Ireland
You mean third since you're probably forgetting about Whales
The Irish were backed by the incalculable wealth of the Catholic mainland
>all victories against peasants or pansies
Not even in the top 20.
Cromwell, as many revolutionary leaders like Napoleon, was benefited from the great asset known as "Be less retarded than your enemies".
you know... be good at delegating, promote officers and officials who are actually good at their job rather than based on hereditary bloodline, standardize your troop equipment and training, take good care of supply and logistics, don't rush into retarded manouvers based on some archaic honor code, adopt new innovations and discard obsolete ones...
That sort of thing.
You would be surprised how often that's the winning ticket ...and how rarely it is actually used. So rarely, in fact, that when someone does it, it seems like a genius move.
That's also the main point of Sun Tzu, yet clueless idiots shit on him for being "too obvious"
Fuck sun tzu
It's more so that sycophancy and corruption give you a greater advantage over someone competent who is still on your side, allowing you to rise through the ranks but leaves you unprepared to deal with someone actually trying to destroy you.
yes
Fun fact: approximately 1/6th of men living in New England traveled back to old England to fight in the English Civil War. This would be kind of like being a colonist on Mars and catching a shuttle back to earth to fight in WW3.
Well, those men in the new england were generally poor and uneducated, and had little prospects for future. They were frequently exploited by american businessmen paying pennies for hard labor.
Fighting in a war is a good way for a young man to make money and possibly a career for himself.
>poor and uneducated
Colonial New England had one of the highest literacy rates in the world and it was settled largely by folks who had been economically comfortable common farmers in the old country. Even those who came over as servants were able to make names for themselves and hold local offices of responsibility.
They went back to fight because they were exactly the type of soldier Parliament was recruiting back home: men ideologically committed to the Good Old Cause.