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Ok, so I know lots of people think of MITM as just a funny 2000’s comedy, which of course it is, but it’s so much more than that aswell.

Recently, in an interview, Linwood Boomer (the creator of MITM) described Malcolm’s character as ‘fu***** sad’. And it really is.

Theres loads of reasons why its more of a drama than a comedy, but right now I just want to focus on Malcolm’s actual character. I understand him so well like many others, and though im nowhere near as academically smart as him, I really feel like I get him. He’s funny, yeah, but he’s a neurotic teenage boy that’s so obviously depressed and alone, and I feel that hardly makes for good comedy. He’s so relatable for so many of us and if you can’t see a deeper meaning than he’s funny, please find it.

And before yous assume Im some saddo making this up as cope for myself, even Frankie Muniz himself said on a podcast recently that Malcolm’s character really is sad and alone, and so much deeper than most people think.

Linwood Boomer recently revealed that he wanted Malcolm to be a sad loner, as it reflects himself, and he wanted to show that. When Malcolm breaks the ‘fourth wall’, he’s speaking to his best imaginary friend, you.

So yeah, it’s a hilarious show, it really is, but what it actually represents is so sad and so real for many of us fans.

I believe the Confederacy’s biggest chance of winning was through an alliance of some sort with Britain. It’s no secret that despite Britain declaring neutrality they obviously had sympathy for the South, mainly due to goods such as tobacco, cotton, and sugar being widely produced and received from there.

What it would of taken for Britain to openly support and aid the south:

Had Lee listened to Longstreet and bypassed the Union Army at Gettysburg , he could of went on to fight the Federal army at grounds of his choosing, which would of gave him a much higher chance of victory. Had the south then won and destroyed the Union Army in Virginia, Britain would have likely seen this as a show of northern weakness and southern superiority. Britain would see the north as weakening and vulnerable to any attack.

The Union blockade of southern ports had been devastating for the British cotton trade, a huge part of the economy at the time. Having the Confederacy as a major power in North America would have benefitted the British Empire in many ways, including:

•Having easy access to large amounts of southern slave-produced goods, greatly benefitting the economy.

•Reducing the threat of American dominance in the world economy, as their land area has been reduced by roughly 22% and their access to the Atlantic and other vital trade routes has been just about halved.

•Also, the USA would now pose a much less significant threat to British interests in North America, particularly Canada. The US is now sandwiched between British-controlled Canada in the north and the British allied Confederacy in the south, making them much more fearful of another war with Britain.

Therefore, the british could have seen this as their chance to attack the Union navy blockading the south, with their superior navy. They likely would have also attacked the north from Canada, forcing the Union Army to split its forces and fight on three major fronts; eastern, western, and northern.

The US Navy would likely have been crushed within weeks, or months at most, by the far superior British Royal Navy. And on the ground, after a number of huge battles and heavy casualties, the USA would have been forced into a surrender by the British and Confederates. This would not mean a total takeover of the US and its land, but rather a number of humiliating surrender conditions that would strip the US of many of its territories and give them to either the British or the South. It would possibly be very similar to the Treaty of Versailles, in which the US would be limited to what its military could grow to, what its expansions could be, and they could even of been made to pay reparations and forced to sign a ‘War Guilt Clause’ by the Confederacy, as many southerners believed the war was caused by northern aggression towards states rights’.

This could have meant that the Confederacy could still have existed today, and in that case, world history would have went very differently.

Slavery in its 1860’s form would widely be gone by today, as it would have become unprofitable by as early as the 1880’s. However, it would probably still be around in different forms, such as house slavery, in which people would use slaves to help around their house, performing tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and childcare.

The world wars could have went very differently, with a much smaller US involvement in WW1 potentially meaning the war would have went on longer, though the Axis Powers would have still likely lost.

If WW2 did still happen, there is a strong possibility that the Confederacy would have supported Germany, and vice versa. Britain would also still have bad relations with the USA, meaning the US likely wouldn’t have fought alongside the British and Soviets, potentially leading to a Nazi victory.

It is inconceivable how different the world would be today if the south had won the war, and they did come close to doing so.

I would just like to clarify that I of course am very happy that the south did not win, and do not support the Confederacy in any way.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

So, do you agree? Could the South have won?

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