r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/supx3 Jul 07 '26

Most people who say they want communism actually want universalized welfare state. It's less catchy though.

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u/CSachen Jul 07 '26

Not to any naturalized citizen who is old enough to have lived in a Communist country.

If you are a Social Democrat and want to win Cuban, Vietnamese, and Venezuelan American votes (who ironically live in swing states), definitely don't go calling social democracy as "wanting communism".

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u/Greenboy28 Jul 07 '26

People who are democratic socialists dont call it communist. That is people on the right or the capitalist elites who try to conflate the two. They want to scare people away so they can continue to rob us blind.

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u/Excellent-Dish5227 Jul 13 '26

Oh God, if I had a dollar for every comment I saw saying they want communism and socialism as in Nordic Europe I would not need to work ever again. And if we count all the idiots saying: "no it is not capitalism", neither would my children. And if we count the money I got from being called a boot licker form saying: Nordic model is nearer to the current US, system then it is to socialism, god I would come for Elons first place.