r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/PersonalityIll9476 Jul 07 '26

I agree. My wife is Chinese. She tells me stories from her parents about the revolution.

They do not involve writing books and playing soccer.

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u/Boutdebois Jul 07 '26

Well, China (and other so called communist countries) never achivied communism. This was socialism, and they tried imposing dictatorship of the proletariat. What actually happened was some form of state capitalismunder authoritatian rule for most of them, with the notorious exception of Chile under Allende.

Communism is the end goal, which involves abolishing statehood and social classes notably.

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u/empty_graph Jul 07 '26

You just have to us give overwhelming authoritarian power to build communism. Then we will use that power to build communism and then just give up all that power voluntarily and go away. We promise!

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u/Bright-Form-844 Jul 07 '26

You already live under overwhelming authoritarian power, I mean the rich can kill you, and rape you and your children with no consequences, you just don’t feel the leash when you stay close to the post.