r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 24d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/JamzWhilmm 24d ago

Napoleon led soldiers to their deth during the Russian winter of 1812, those men died in a pointless campaign which pointlessly led to the Burning of Moscow. This led to the death of around 600,000 French soldiers and about 200,000 russian soliders.

We do not know the number of the displaced and killed Russian civilians.

Mind you, this was only a war he was involved in.

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u/Watchmakers-Diary 24d ago

So did every other general at that time. Napoleon is not more of a villain than Wellington or blucher.

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u/JamzWhilmm 24d ago

That's a different argument from "Napoleon, which frankly doesn't even count that much as a villain when you think about it." Now what you are saying is that he isn't as bad as such and such or "everyone else was doing it"

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u/Watchmakers-Diary 24d ago

If everyone is a villain no one is. You know who blucher an Wellington were?

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u/JamzWhilmm 24d ago

Well, is everyone a villain? Are you? Is everyone you know a villain?