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LOSERS

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1875204/losers

Mar 13 at 5:42pmWeb
Show threadSkullgridMar 13
who is bottom right??
Show threadPugJesusMar 13

Rhodesia, an apartheid state neighboring South Africa during the Cold War, who fought Zimbabwe in the hopes of upholding apartheid.

They lost the war, and were absorbed entirely into Zimbabwe.

Rhodesia - Wikipedia

Show threadSkullgridMar 13
thank you
Show threadhansoloMar 13
In his book, Trevor Noah ranked Cecil Rhodes up there with the likes of Hitler or Pol Pot. Once you know the history, it’s a fair take.
Show threadreal_squidsMar 13
They had a camo so effective the country can’t be seen on a map
Show threadBigDictionMar 13
There was a certain Reddit community that would meme the Rhodesian short shorts + FAL rifle getup. Back then thought it was good fun but later learned that most of it was racist dog whistle I did not understand.
Show threadlumpenproletariatMar 13
Rhodesia is a massive dog whistle, those people are 100% serious. Now days the dog whistle is “Agartha” and anytime you hear people memeing about that they are white supremacists as well.
Show threadnova_ad_vitumMar 13
Dude I ran into a guy on Reddit who was a full on Rhodesia stan. Going on and on about how they were just on the verge of giving black people rights, and how the revolution wasn’t necessary lol.
Show threadCuriousfurMar 13

I mean, the look is certainly a vibe, but I also believe the cure for unrehabilitatable racism is a bullet, so 🤷‍♂️

I’ve mostly just got a soft spot for big guns made of wood and steel

Show threadhansoloMar 13
Sore losers, too. There’s always some bitch that won’t shut up about excuses and whining and “waa, let me cosplay this shit and pretend it’s an alternate universe where they didn’t lose.”
Show threadZC3rr0rMar 13
There’s several historic examples missing here. Apparently being high on your own supply of nationalism doesn’t bode well historically. Who could’ve guessed that grossly exaggerating your own abilities tends to hit the wall of “unrealistic expectations” sooner rather than later?
Show threadVegafjord eoMar 13
What is the flag in upper right?
Show threadPugJesusMar 13
Imperial Germany
Show threadshaneMar 13

en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_wars_involving_Germany…

Seems they won a few…

List of wars involving Germany - Wikipedia

Show threadPugJesusMar 13
Come now, colonial wars hardly count!
Show threadGladaedMar 14
Is France a colony?
Show threadPugJesusMar 14

Franco-Prussian War was Prussia/the North German Confederation until like, the last two weeks.

but also yes

Show threadGladaedMar 14
Yeah, but unification was a goal of the war in a sense, so I would count them.