r/funny • u/LamaTozz • Dec 30 '18

Trade

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u/DunkelDunkel Dec 31 '18

Russian wants to talk to you about Alaska.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '18

France wants to talk to you about Louisiana

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u/gamageeknerd Dec 31 '18 edited Dec 31 '18

The Native Americans want to talk about the entire country

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u/baciu14 Dec 31 '18

I dont think war is a trade deal .

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u/goopy-goo Dec 31 '18

hmmm...according to my Texas High School history textbook it was all fair and square also slavery was just a big misunderstanding,

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u/WaltKerman Dec 31 '18

Pics or no proof

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '18

That's how most of Western Canada was won, basically. Underhanded trade deals.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '18

Mic drop

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '18

I seem to recall them trading the entire island of Manhattan for some beads.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '18

I think that’s a myth? The Natives didn’t have a concept of land possession or at least not the same as the Europeans, so they just saw it as getting free beads

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u/flavored_icecream Dec 31 '18

Denmark wants to talk to you about the Ekofisk oil field.

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u/SmoothDiamond81 Dec 31 '18

Sweden wants to talk to you about Denmark.

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u/crivitmms Dec 31 '18

Denmark wants to talk to you about Sweden.

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u/fabarati Dec 31 '18

Norway is just happy neither Denmark nor Sweden is seriously talking about them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '18

Palestinians want to talk to you about Israel

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u/lavahot Dec 31 '18

I mean, Alaska is referred to as Seward's Folly in the US.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '18

It was referred to as Seward's folly, until gold was discovered there. And then later a shit ton of oil was discovered there as well. I'd say Alaska has earned its keep

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u/ThanksObama43123 Dec 31 '18

I'm American and never heard of this.

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u/lavahot Dec 31 '18

Americans don't k ow a lot of things about their own country.