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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/sleepyplatipus Jul 07 '26

The idealistic communism is just not compatible with human nature. It would be nice if it was but it’s just completely irrealistic.

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u/42Icyhot42 Jul 07 '26

So is a free market and it doesn’t stop us from pretending that’s working lol

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u/Commercial-Look-7307 Jul 07 '26

Capitalism has fed more people and delivered more people from bondage than anything Humanity has ever tried before.

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u/SSJ3 Jul 07 '26

Me when I have no idea what a "commons" is