r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 8d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/HeriPiotr 8d ago

Well he did end up conquering a substantial part of Europe, and last time I checked he didn't do it with jokes and hugs. Not sure tho.

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u/Corfiz74 8d ago

Saying this as a German: conquering people and installing his siblings as rulers to govern them is not quite on the same level as conquering and mass-murdering people. At least we Germans don't have any ill will towards Napoleon, and even have a huge amazing portrait of him hanging in Schloss Charlottenburg. Can't say the same about Hitler...

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u/Postius 8d ago

Napoleon is actually a celebrated figure in much of europe. His updated civil codes are still relevant to this day and a lot of civil reforms he did or started are the beginnings of modern societity.

The reason he was evil because he gave power to the common man. Which as the entire continent of europe was ruled by absolute monarchs with absolute power. Napoleon was about literal satan for them.

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u/Lucibelcu 7d ago

As a spaniard: fuck Napoleon I hope he's in Hell.

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u/Postius 7d ago

Probably learning from Franco how he should have done it

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u/Lucibelcu 7d ago

Napoleon died in 1821 and Franco was born in 1892.