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[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 82 points 2 years ago (7 children)

to protect you from the French

lol. oh man, that's hilarious. Stay in school, kids.

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[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I believe they meant to protect North American territories from French capture, not necessarily to prevent individual bodily harm, but that doesn't fit as nicely in meme format.

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[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago

So… they saved the land, not the people. It’s like cutting employee salaries to avoid a takeover from another company. Don’t worry everyone… we “saved” you.

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

The territories were the things the US founding fathers cared about. They were almost all rich -- or at least formerly rich like Samuel Adams.

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

lol. Because education systems are always based on accuracy.

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[+] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

That has very little to do with the historicity of whether England "saved you from the French."

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[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 1 point 2 years ago

I understood later that the comment was a joke about the french actually being allies because we hated england too

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