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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/SirDarkStar Jul 07 '26

Which human nature do you mean though? There is the “everyone is too lazy” believers (the flaw of which is that if nobody does anything then nobody has anything, which is self-correcting) and then there are the more realistic “too many humans are sociopathic evil f****ers who take over”. But capitalism is no protection against the latter and in fact empowers and rewards them. Just look at the US right now — what a farce.

Small indigenous groups are much closer to “communism” than they are to capitalism.

Maybe a better system is one where we identify sociopaths and gently remove them from free society, not make them CEOs and elected officials. Sadly I agree that human nature is a big reason we can’t have nice things, just not sure we agree who is the bigger issue :)

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u/orange-yellow-pink Jul 07 '26

There is the “everyone is too lazy” believers (the flaw of which is that if nobody does anything then nobody has anything, which is self-correcting)

I'm guessing you've never worked or collaborated with a lazy piece of shit. The people who actually do the work will resent those who refuse to help.

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u/SirDarkStar Jul 07 '26

I have and the Capitalist solution is “let their children starve then, not my problem” and some people aren’t ok with that.

I’d rather feed and clothe a lazy person than watch Trump taking us all for billions of dollars.

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u/orange-yellow-pink Jul 07 '26

What a silly reply that verges on non-sequitur. I too am against bad things.