
This meme above is a humorous commentary on British colonialism. The joke in the meme implies that during the 18th and 19th centuries, the British Empire expanded so aggressively that no matter where you were in the world, relaxing peacefully on your beach, sooner or later, “the British” would arrive to colonize your land.
In other words, the cloud shaped like Britain symbolizes the sudden and often unwelcome arrival of British imperial power looming overhead.
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