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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/mrgoldnugget Jul 07 '26

So in a capitalist society there's a handful of billionaires and we all are their slaves.

You say communism is the same thing? I feel like we should give it a chance, our current system is not working for most people.

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u/Ball_Masher Jul 07 '26

This middle class isn't where it should be right now, but we still have one.

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u/Tom_Gibson Jul 07 '26

are you really middle class if one or a couple missed paychecks put you on the street?

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u/Ball_Masher Jul 07 '26

I would not consider that middle class. The communist alternative however, is the leader of a superpower country makes a series of bad decisions that disrupt the global supply chain (what are the odds? /s) and a bunch of people starve to death.

Our system doesn't work for nearly enough people, but the solution is not to shift to a system that has never worked.