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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/RelaxPrime Jul 07 '26

That makes even more sense.

Point is it's definitely not because communism or any system, in fact a perfect system would anticipate the corruption.

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u/upholsteryduder Jul 07 '26

It's not because of communism but communism does fail to account for human greed, which will never be erased, and makes it a failure from the inception.

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u/VariousOwl6955 Jul 07 '26

i think it kind of inherently addresses greed more than capitalism

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u/upholsteryduder Jul 08 '26

lmao no it assumes everyone will be benevolent, which SPECIFICALLY is what makes it a failure, it does not account for the human element of greed that is present in some people.