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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 40 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Can once again confirm they were badass in the SNES classic Liberty or Death!

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Is it wrong to learn more about history through memes than I ever did through history classes in school?

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No wrong way to learn history, as long as you make reasonable efforts to weed out misinformation! 🙏

[–] Sunshine@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup, the links in the side help!

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

Piefed hours 💪💪💪💪💪

[–] XiELEd@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

The education system is wrong if it didn’t teach you the value of independent learning outside of school. Like PugJesus said, there's no wrong way to learn history, as long as you criticise your sources.

[–] Andonyx@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Chicago still remembers!

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sorry for all the *gestures broadly* Poland.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wasn't it named Prussia or even The Holy Roman Empire at the time?

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Much of Poland had been stolen by imperialist powers, but the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth still existed at this time, albeit in a weakened state. It would receive its final deathblow in the 1790s.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Though, oddly enough, there was also this one Prussian general with the continentals...

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Von Steuben ♥

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

as you can see, there is no hate like Murican love, so in the end, Poland got lucky

[–] harcesz@szmer.info 2 points 2 weeks ago

Fun fact; there is a discussion whether or not Kościuszko might have been a woman or an intersex person. Havent looked into it, but wouldent be a first in history...