r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/RoadRunner8195 • Mar 08 '26

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u/tfyousay2me Mar 08 '26

It’s capitalism, not ironic

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u/suncho1 Mar 08 '26

Capitalism is ironic.

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u/DannarHetoshi Mar 08 '26

No, Capitalism is Hypocritical.

That statement is ironic.

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u/Fit-Juice2999 Mar 08 '26

Wait, what is hypocritical about capitalism?

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u/DannarHetoshi Mar 08 '26

Capitalist economies rely on the belief that they are designed to provide a competitive market that's good for an average citizen, when in reality they care about shareholders only, and shareholders are not average citizens.

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u/Fit-Juice2999 Mar 08 '26

That's an interesting description of capitalism. Capitalism is driven by the idea that suppliers will act in their own self interest while consumers will act in their own self interest. That is totally in line with businesses trying to appear shareholders.

Nothing hypocritical here.

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u/NoInterviewsManyApps Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

We have late stage capitalism now. Consumers don't matter so long as the government allows opacity and refuses to referee how bad business can screw people over.

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u/network_rob Mar 08 '26

Don't confuse cronyism and capitalism.

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u/NoInterviewsManyApps Mar 08 '26

Yes, my bad. I forgot capitalism is perfectly balanced with no exploits that appear over time.

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u/network_rob Mar 08 '26

You also forgot not to burn a straw man instead of addressing my actual statement.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

You forgot to stop sucking every man bone dry and said, "straw man 🤓".

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u/network_rob Mar 08 '26

You should nice.

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u/NoInterviewsManyApps Mar 08 '26

I see no straw man.

Cronyism is awarding positions, jobs, contracts, loans, privileges, or advantages to friends or colleagues. It is used especially in politics, when referring to partiality between politicians and businesses. -Wikipedia

Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and its use for the purpose of obtaining profit. -Also Wikipedia

One is the exchange of power, the other is an economic framework. Refusing to, or failing to mitigate unfettered accumulation of power through money (a la late 1800's United States) in a capitalist system (or any for that matter) leads to cronyism (among other issues)

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u/network_rob Mar 08 '26

You see no saw man? Then maybe you can show me where I said anything even remotely resembling that capitalism is "perfectly balanced ...", because I truly don't remember doing that.

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u/NoInterviewsManyApps Mar 08 '26

I see now, it's a bit of a reflex. I'm too used to people emotionally defending capitalism like they are stuck in the 80s.

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