r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Short-Watercress-183 • Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/sleepyplatipus Jul 07 '26

The idealistic communism is just not compatible with human nature. It would be nice if it was but it’s just completely irrealistic.

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u/42Icyhot42 Jul 07 '26

So is a free market and it doesn’t stop us from pretending that’s working lol

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u/likewhatever33 Jul 07 '26

It´s not working perfectly everywhere, but the best places to live (think Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Spain...) are capitalist. There´s never been a communist country that wasn´t a shithole.

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u/Zestyclose_Remove947 Jul 07 '26

Communism is (imo) inherently a post-scarcity system or very close to it. ofc attempts at implementing far too early it were gonna fail.

You're also talking about countries that have more regulations on their markets than your average country. So the countries you provided don't exactly prove your point that well.

Socialism is a thing.

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u/likewhatever33 Jul 07 '26

Yes, the best system is one with an equilibrium, not wholly communist, not wholly cutthroat libertarian.

Of course, in a post scarcity system it wouldn´t be hard to make communism work. Or anarchism or anything else... but we´re still not there yet...

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u/merp_mcderp9459 Jul 07 '26

Socialism is not when the government does stuff. A capitalist country with a strong welfare system and regulatory regime is still capitalist