Crowdfunding the Revolution
Crowdfunding the Revolution "Can you say whether your bank has an account in the name of a man called Michael Collins?" - Alan Bell, official bank inquiry.In 1919, the revolutionary Irish government…
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Crowdfunding the Revolution
"Can you say whether your bank has an account in the name of a man called Michael Collins?" - Alan Bell, official bank inquiry.In 1919, the revolutionary Irish government launches an audacious plan to crowdfund the equivalent of 30,000,000 to fund a counter-state in open defiance of British rule in Ireland. This start-up government is determined not only to replace the British administration in Ireland but also to implement its own industrial and financial policies, including establishing a national bank.But the funding campaign in America is delayed owing to regulatory obstacles. Half the funds are to be raised in Ireland and half in America.
Without funds, the counter-state government is doomed to failure. It is imperative that the domestic funding campaign succeeds. A financial 'Ho Chi Minh Trail' is established; couriers secretly begin distributing three million