my interests are in a lighter that doesn’t quit on me within a week

That’s like your third one dude.

Peru is having a revolution in 1835 so of course we had to

protect profits

I mean interests over there. Sumatra 1838, Fiji in 1839, Samoa China and Africa, revenge pride and piracy, and then the Mexican-American War of course from 1846 to 1848.

wait you’re trying to frame american militarism as just a corporate protectionist racket from its inception? and you have no more lighters?

Oh no, that would be

sloppy scholarship

We haven’t quite invented the modern corporation yet, many of these might be partnerships or even sole proprietorships.

thing about veins is once poked twice shy

I’ll take your latest nap to go from our Mexican kerfuffle to a nation divided. Mexico had population issues with their territories to the north, so at first they welcomed foreign settlers.