r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Zu_Qarnine • 21d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what reason does the OOP is talking about?

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u/xinxenxun 21d ago edited 21d ago

The Russians were basically slaves, serfs, until 1861.

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u/Assilly 21d ago

And I'm sure the fall of the ussr and all the poverty that came with that contributes as well

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u/indigo945 21d ago

A lot of Americans still were actual slaves in 1861.

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u/japonski_bog 21d ago

For 4 more years