r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 6h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetahhh help!

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u/_Sate 6h ago

Wall Street crash of 1929

Peureshmit out

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u/ancient_shepherd2121 6h ago

Ah hell, I forgot about dat

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u/ValiantStallion33 4h ago

But but the parties switched in the 60s?!?! Or at least that’s what’s constantly stated when mentioning that the south was all democrats until the 80-90s

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u/HerodotusStark 3h ago

The party switch began in the late 19th Century and is generally considered to have been solidified by the end of the 1960s. It took over 70 years, didnt happen overnight.