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…. Our country's existence suggests the American Revolution was an utter waste of time, a lot of blood spilled for nothing, when a couple of centuries of meetings and constitutional conferences could have cleared things up without firing a shot. If George Washington had fought a little less, and talked a little more, maybe the U.S. could have avoided its revolution altogether-and slowly, cautiously and quietly built a kinder and gentler America. Like us.