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And then everything went perfectly (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 5 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months 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.