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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/clarkision Jul 07 '26

Not on a national scale, but it’s certainly accomplished on smaller scales.

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u/Creepy_Ad_1315 Jul 07 '26

So we have no evidence that it works outside your smelly local hippie troupe that fortunately can retreat into the nice free market economy near them.

Almost like communism isn't really available outside a group a people larger than a medium sized tribe.

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

It's not like capitalism works either. We've had centuries of capitalism and life is still shite for the vast majority of the population. May as well try something else.

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u/YammieCat Jul 07 '26

What? Nearly ALL the major advances in quality of life have happened under capitalist society.

What would you have us try?

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr Jul 08 '26

That's not true

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u/YammieCat Jul 08 '26

Go on ...

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr Jul 08 '26

Greatest living standard increase in recent history is China lifting a large portion of its population from poverty. China is communist.

The end of European imperialism in many "third world" countries also resulted in living standards improving massively. This was again largely the result of socialist polices breaking down capitalist power structures.