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[–] BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Not sure if sarcasm, but in case you're not American, Uncle Sam is a personification of the US, best known in the "I WANT YOU" WW2 enlistment posters. iirc, the name goes as far back as the war of 1812, wherein large stocks of rations were engraved with the initials U.S. which was then attributed to the provider "Uncle Sam" despite actually standing for "United States"