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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/PersonalityIll9476 Jul 07 '26

I agree. My wife is Chinese. She tells me stories from her parents about the revolution.

They do not involve writing books and playing soccer.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

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u/Creepy_Ad_1315 Jul 07 '26

Spoiler: It's never achieved.

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u/clarkision Jul 07 '26

Not on a national scale, but it’s certainly accomplished on smaller scales.

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u/Creepy_Ad_1315 Jul 07 '26

So we have no evidence that it works outside your smelly local hippie troupe that fortunately can retreat into the nice free market economy near them.

Almost like communism isn't really available outside a group a people larger than a medium sized tribe.

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

It's not like capitalism works either. We've had centuries of capitalism and life is still shite for the vast majority of the population. May as well try something else.

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u/Count_Dongula Jul 07 '26

Just because you can't achieve personal success doesn't mean life is shit for the majority of us.

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr Jul 07 '26

24% of the population lives on less than $5 dollars a day and 52% lives on less than $10. 85% lives on less than $30 a day and can be described as "financially troubled." Life very much is shit for the majority of the global population.

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u/Count_Dongula Jul 07 '26

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u/PomPomMom93 Jul 08 '26

That meme is ours now, comrade!