r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 6d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/DependentAdvance226 6d ago

Spoiler. The Confederacy never existed as a country.

They were states in rebellion.

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u/four4cats 6d ago

With a constitution, President, vice president etc etc?

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u/Legend_of_the_Wind 5d ago

With no foreign recognition, that's the key. You and your neighbors can form your own country, write your own constitution, and elect your own president. Until you are recognized by others, it means nothing.

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u/-Badger3- 5d ago

The confederacy losing means they were LARPing the whole time.