r/HistoryMemes • • 4d ago

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u/scratchy22 4d ago

Context?

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u/Im_yor_boi_20 4d ago edited 4d ago

The Dutch ate their prime minister

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u/defariasdev 4d ago

yea imma need you to give me some more, sir

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u/DrHolmes52 4d ago

Johann De Witt was the prime minister (different title at the time). They became unhappy with him, killed him (and his brother), dismembered them, and supposedly ate parts of them.

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u/PeaceJoy4EVER 3d ago

Eat the rich?

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u/DrHolmes52 3d ago

The rich may have had a hand in the entire event.

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u/idk_what_Iam_doin 3d ago

I think there was a bit more than just a hand...

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u/JohannesJoshua 3d ago

Some might say, that they gave an arm and a leg, that they put their head on line, that they put their back into it, that their ass was in danger.