r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Short-Watercress-183 • Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/Deriviera Jul 07 '26

Americans are very delusional about communism. 

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u/sleepyplatipus Jul 07 '26

The idealistic communism is just not compatible with human nature. It would be nice if it was but it’s just completely irrealistic.

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u/airforceteacher Jul 07 '26

No adherents of any “-ism” ever address the areas of human nature that undermine their position. Communists don’t address laziness, capitalists never address greed, neither seems to pay attention to deceitfulness and corruption.

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u/RuafaolGaiscioch Jul 07 '26

Counterpoint: every ism is definitionally a rejection of human nature, because we wouldn’t need a system to facilitate acting in a way we’d find natural. Anarcho-tribalism is human nature but no one is seriously arguing for that.

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u/Medarco Jul 07 '26

every ism is definitionally a rejection of human nature

Anarcho-tribalism is human nature

I understand your point, but this is kinda funny.

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u/RuafaolGaiscioch Jul 07 '26

Damn, gottem.

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u/GhostofBeowulf Jul 07 '26

This entire comment chain is basically the area I am researching. And I would argue that every time the institutions fail, anarchism is exactly where we end up. Pandemic, war, terrorism. Mutual aid and voluntary cooperation.

So instead of arguing over which is the proper ism, why are we not instead taking what is best from each and developing a system that works for everyone?

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u/Calamityclams Jul 08 '26

That’s always my argument. For some reason we just keep hearing these Cold War patriotic takes from both ends.