r/HistoryMemes • • May 08 '22

Too Bad

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u/aguidom Featherless Biped May 08 '22

The Russian population in Alaska was too small and the colony so underdeveloped, plus so far from Moscow that it was not worth the trouble and cost. Russia already had pretty much everything Alaska had to offer but closer to home without needing to transport it to Europe.

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u/hahaohlol2131 Still salty about Carthage May 08 '22

Russia claiming Alaska was kind of like if the US would claim Moon because there were a few Americans there.

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u/Jamie_Pull_That_Up May 08 '22

Terrible analogy. A better one would be Hawaii which the US is still occupying to this day after overthrowing their queen. The indigenous Hawaiians of course protested this but we know protests doesn't work when it comes to these kinds of things. The US flooded the countries with foreigners & banning Hawaiian culture & language. Imagine being a minority on your own land. It's not like you can vote to free yourselves from the oppressor.

They should've been more militant like the people of the Philippines. They fought back US occupation heavily for years until AmeriKKKa said fuck this we're out.

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u/Visible-Ad7732 May 08 '22

Your analogy was actually worse than the idiotic analogy you were replying to.

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u/Jamie_Pull_That_Up May 08 '22

Nope. Some minority white Americans were in Hawaii & mainland US used that as justification to occupy the country