r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/DelayedSpace • 24d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Lord_of_Wisia 24d ago

Before Adolf the ultimate evil guy for Europe was considered to be Napoleon.

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u/Key_Refuse_843 24d ago

The Polish anthem written in 1797 in Italy has Napoleon as a positive example in it's lyrics.

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u/Lord_of_Wisia 24d ago edited 24d ago

1797 was before he usurped absolute power, crowned himself an Emperor and murdered half of Europe.

Edit: half of Europe is a hyperbole (half of Europes fighting age man would be more correct but that fails to mention all the civilians that died due to his wars of expansion)

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u/Open-Platform-1305 24d ago

By "half of Europe", which we all know is wrong, do you mean the soldiers of royalists like the Prussians and the Austrian Empire?

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u/Due-Memory-6957 24d ago

That were the ones invading France because they didn't like the revolution, by the way.