Yeah a coincidence. That a small set of colonies created a nation. That that nation became a regional power. That that regional power came out on top of a series of global conflicts. That afterwards it expanded to global hegemony. How many 6s do I have to roll before you start thinking the dice might be loaded?
Which was of course all luck. It's not like the westward expansion covered more ground per year than the Mongol Empire. It's not like we defeated the Spanish to become a regional power. Winning the Rockies (a rather substatial *geographic barrier*) was just sort of happenstance. Knocking a hole through the middle of a continent (Pannama) was just sort of happenstance. Inteveining in two world wars at preciselty the moment it would have the largest impact at the lowest cost was all dumb luck.
I am reminded here of a chemistry proctor when I was an undergrad. She did not like my solution to a problem (I was in the habit of using matrices over algebra). She said my math was "wrong".
I asked was the answer correct?
Yes.
Is it an odd number question in the text?
Yes.
Is it accurate to two decimal places?
Yes.
Well mam if my math is wrong I am an incredibly good guesser.
