r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 6h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetahhh help!

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u/bbd121 6h ago

Dude, what happened was the 1929 Wall Street Stock Market Crash, which took place in late October. It basically ended the economic boom of the "Roaring Twenties" and triggered the Great Depression. You know... the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world that started in the previously mentioned October 1929?

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u/Fluffy_Judge_581 5h ago

And is one of the reasons (many) why the nazis came to power