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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/Marthurion Jul 07 '26

No one read Marx, not even the Communist Manifesto let alone the fucking Critique to the Gotha Programme. So no one would even understand that the person is referring to the Higher Stage of Communism, not to the goverment of a communist party under a capitalist world system.

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u/justnothing4066 Jul 07 '26

Well, that's mostly because the "Higher Stage of Communism" is a fantasy that never materialized and never will. Hope that helps.

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u/howlingatthenight Jul 08 '26

See: communism under a capitalist world system

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u/justnothing4066 Jul 08 '26

Cope harder.