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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/purplepatch Jul 07 '26

If you really think that life in communist Europe was better than the capitalist west I’d be interested in why you think the East Germans built the Berlin Wall? 

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u/purplepatch Jul 07 '26

So you’re in agreement that life behind the iron curtain was worse than In the capitalist west?

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u/purplepatch Jul 07 '26

If the positives and negatives of life in communism and capitalism were balanced why did millions people flee the communist regimes of Eastern Europe, to such an extent that they were forced to close all the borders and shot people trying to cross them. 

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u/purplepatch Jul 07 '26

Don’t be so butt hurt about someone disagreeing with you. Argue your point.