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Weird this happened twice: Philippines and Peru elect former dictators' children as president

This is a two-panel meme using characters from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The top panel shows Mr. Krabs labeled 'PHILIPPINES' shaking hands with Patrick Star labeled 'PERU', both wearing smug, knowing expressions. The bottom panel is a close-up of their clasped hands, overlaid with the text 'ELECTING THE CHILDREN OF THEIR FORMER DICTATORS AS PRESIDENT'. The joke draws a parallel between the two countries' recent political trends, where both have elected the offspring of their respective former authoritarian leaders to the position of president.
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ELECTING THE CHILDREN OF THEIR FORMER DICTATORS AS PRESIDENT

Overview

This is a two-panel meme using characters from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The top panel shows Mr. Krabs labeled 'PHILIPPINES' shaking hands with Patrick Star labeled 'PERU', both wearing smug, knowing expressions. The bottom panel is a close-up of their clasped hands, overlaid with the text 'ELECTING THE CHILDREN OF THEIR FORMER DICTATORS AS PRESIDENT'. The joke draws a parallel between the two countries' recent political trends, where both have elected the offspring of their respective former authoritarian leaders to the position of president.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted to the Reddit r/Meme subreddit with the title 'Weird this happened twice'. It uses the widely circulated Mr. Krabs and Patrick handshake meme template from SpongeBob SquarePants, edited to make a sarcastic observation about modern election outcomes in Peru and the Philippines. The image carries an imgflip.com watermark, indicating it was likely created using the Imgflip meme generator before being shared to Reddit.

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