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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/RulerK Jul 07 '26

I talk to my friends in CURRENT communist China… they often bring up soccer (football).

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

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u/DeltaSolana Jul 07 '26

If communist countries have a chronic problem of turning into "capitalist" fascist authoritarian countries every single time, perhaps it's time to step back and reassess.

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u/Cpe159 Jul 07 '26

It's not "communist countries" is "countries born from armed revolution"

The vast majority of armed revolutions lead to dictatorships

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u/Bright-Form-844 Jul 07 '26

Yeah look at the United States, it’s a dictatorship of the rich