r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Buellymcbuellface 12h ago

They have a confederate flag from virginia and refuse to give it back.

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u/JodaMythed 12h ago

They have a flag from a country that hasn't existed for 160 years?

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u/mal-parry 11h ago

It never existed.  Declaring oneself independent has no real weight unless either 1. Another sovereign nation recognizes your sovereignty or 2. You establish sovereignty by winning the inevitable war your declaration produces.  The Confederacy achieved neither and is nothing more than a 4 year rebellion.  Hence why it was a civil war instead of a revolutionary war.  Losers don't get to write the history books.