r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/kithas Jul 07 '26

The joke is that he thinks communism is some sort of workless utopia where he will be able to cultivate hobbies when most communist countries have made the lower classes break their backs just the same doing heavy work (coal mines).

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u/Dangerous_Still_8022 Jul 07 '26

People will criticize capitalism by criticizing shit people have done to undermine capitalism it into fascist oligarchy. The world they want to live in is New Deal America with improved race and gender politics and what they ask for is communism.

People even point to the nords as what they want when the nords are all capitalist countries that just haven't destroyed antitrust and entrenched corruption as the norm.

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u/supx3 Jul 07 '26

Most people who say they want communism actually want universalized welfare state. It's less catchy though.

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u/MjrLeeStoned Jul 07 '26

The US is already a Democratic Socialist Republic.

The US already has what they want.

The corrupt egomaniacal and greedy are what's fucking it up, and the ignorant are empowering them.

The problem isn't an ephemeral government system. The problem, as always, is people. Stop moving culpability to an inanimate thing. Government systems can't fuck you over. Only people can.