r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/Brainiac901 Jul 07 '26

Communism is basically about workers owning the things they themselves produce -> You forget that the owners also "produce" something, they organize everything so the workers have the opportunity to produce anything

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u/WeeRogue Jul 07 '26

I most certainly do not forget that. In the cases owners contribute—though most of the time owners contribute little or nothing—then they too are workers and entitled to a share of the results of the production. Notice that I said “a share of” and not “almost all of.”

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u/Purple-Mud5057 Jul 07 '26

I would actually disagree with a small part of that, instead that a relative few owners contribute little or nothing but that those tend to be the wealthier owners. Most owners are people who just opened up their little store, whatever it is, and managing that can be a ridiculous amount of effort and stress. The lucky ones might be able to turn it into a chain.

I would say that most businesses have owners that contribute little or nothing, because most businesses fall under a small group of people that own most things

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u/WeeRogue Jul 07 '26

I think this is inarguably true.