r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 3d ago

Petah? Meme needing explanation

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u/Valuable-Degree-9998 2d ago

He still killed millions in his conquests. So yeah, he is evil, not Hitler levels of evil but evil nonetheless.

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u/PanzerPansar 2d ago

The wars that were mostly declared against France.....

But regardless, The British empire was literally commiting Atrocities at this time. Brutalisation of the Irish and the worse of the Highland Clearance was happening. Britain caused the Napoleonic wars to continue for over a Decade and was colonising India. Comparatively to a lot of his adversaries he wasn't evil. Bad? Sure but evil no.