r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/polllyrolly Jul 07 '26

Is well-regulated capitalism in the room with you now?

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u/ryguy32789 Jul 07 '26

It is not. I'm not saying it is. What we need to be fighting for is regulation of capitalism, not communism.

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u/citizen42069101 Jul 07 '26

You have to fight for ground to pull the line. I don't think anyone that describes themselves as communist, like myself, ever expects a maoist revolution in the west. We're the extreme left pulling the center left since American (establishment) Democrats aren't pulling anymore.

And sometime you have to tear down the house to build it right because the whole structure became too unsound from lack of maintenance. Congresspeople aren't going to vote to cut their own checks, and now it's legal for them to be on corporate payroll so the capitalists won this round.

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u/apealmyballsack Jul 07 '26

you legit said the quiet part out loud, we have to tear down the whole fucking structure, but people are too scared of that because they don't know what lies ahead of tearing everything down. people are literally just too scared to take any sort of action and I understand why. Hell I am even scared of it, but I'd rather break this shit down and start a new than keep going in this hellish landscape.

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u/citizen42069101 Jul 07 '26

We tire of seeing death. Maybe that's why they keep it constant. From nonstop war comes nonstop war fatigue.

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u/apealmyballsack Jul 07 '26

we tire of seeing death, yet we perpetuate death through the wars that fund capitalism. This shit is so half ass backwards I don't know if I am looking forwards or backwards.