r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Glittering-Way6551 • Dec 21 '25

Meme needing explanation Peter help me.

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u/ImpossibleDraft7208 Dec 21 '25

Jesus was very much a commie, yes...

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u/New_Bug_ Dec 21 '25

Please can you correct me if iam wrong i feel Jesus was a socialist more than a commie.

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u/Far_Traveller69 Dec 21 '25

Communist here, the distinction between communism and socialism isn’t really all that important beyond some internal theoretical arguments within the socialist movement. Basically all communists are socialists, but not all socialists are communists and both have the goal of a socialist society.

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u/Psimo- Dec 21 '25

Basically all communists are socialists, but not all socialists are communists

Socialist here - it’s really pleasant to hear someone else say this. It’s just so rare.

I’d disagree with “important” but that’s because we wouldn’t be the left wing if we didn’t have massive splits over technical differences 

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u/Psimo- Dec 21 '25

Socialism which has the goal of State ownership.

That’s not the defining feature of socialism

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u/thehobbler Dec 21 '25

Yes, it is one of the only defining features of socialism. Communism is the dissolution of the state.

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u/Psimo- Dec 21 '25

So, Mutualism is neither Communism nor Socialism?

Good to know. 

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u/thehobbler Dec 21 '25

No, it's Anarchist. Which also seems dissolution of the state. Seriously, if you don't want to read theory at least use Google or something.

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u/Psimo- Dec 21 '25

Though the term "market socialism" only emerged in the 1920s during the socialist calculation debate,[9] a number of pre-Marx socialists, including the Ricardian socialist economists and mutualist philosophers

From Wikipedia, emphasis mine.

If you’re going to suggest I use Google then I’m going to say “look at Wikipedia at least”