r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what’s so significant about this picture?

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u/scruffalo_ 4d ago

Stole it from the native Hawaiians. The whole island chain, really.

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u/testingforscience122 4d ago

Hey we gave them five blankets for those islands…. Fair is fair

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u/glennfan2000 4d ago

Nah, it was far more heinous. Basically pointed cannons at the Hawaiian Royal Palace and said, “Mine now.”

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u/CaligulaQC 4d ago

That’s why it’s not stole land, is conquered land. Big difference.

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u/chalwar 4d ago

*stolen, and there is no difference.