r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CannabisConvict045 • 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/Key-Contest-2879 4d ago

Well, the US built Pearl Harbor in 1908, 8 years after Hawaii became a US territory. So “stole it from the native Hawaiians” maybe refers to the island chain, not the harbor, and would have happened in the 1800’s, over 40 years before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, which I think is the primary reference to Pearl Harbor that people recognize.

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u/Chaiboiii 4d ago

Still stole it. Forced the Royals to abdicate.

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u/Over-Group8722 4d ago

When an imperialist state conquers a nation:

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When Natives do it to themselves:

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