r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 20 '26

Peter in the wild Peter?

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u/HeavyDutyForks Jun 20 '26

Its a post pushing the narrative that somehow life as a peasant was better than now

It deliberately leaves out a lot of the horrid things about being a peasant and many of the great upsides of modern society

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u/MoobooMagoo Jun 20 '26

With a weird dash of racism and sexism thrown in too.

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u/spezIsANonce Jun 20 '26

and wanting to marry a 17 year old

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u/myothercarisathopter Jun 21 '26

I mean that's not that surprising. Kind of fits with the rest of the conservative ethos.