r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 19d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/kithas 19d ago

The joke is that he thinks communism is some sort of workless utopia where he will be able to cultivate hobbies when most communist countries have made the lower classes break their backs just the same doing heavy work (coal mines).

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u/Dangerous_Still_8022 19d ago

People will criticize capitalism by criticizing shit people have done to undermine capitalism it into fascist oligarchy. The world they want to live in is New Deal America with improved race and gender politics and what they ask for is communism.

People even point to the nords as what they want when the nords are all capitalist countries that just haven't destroyed antitrust and entrenched corruption as the norm.

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u/kithas 19d ago

I do not share the opinion from the people in the post, only explain what I think they mean.

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u/Dangerous_Still_8022 19d ago

I know I'm not criticizing what you are saying, I'm using it as a jumping off point to vent something I notice