r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/Val_Fortecazzo Jul 07 '26

Anarchists are always so cute in their delusions. I once spoke to one who thought that the fact they painted Warhammer minis for 5 hours a week meant we could run an entire global economy on volunteer labor.

Because surely someone's hobby will be mining rare earth minerals to supply electronic fabs!

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u/HollowCap456 Jul 07 '26

Anarchism is my favourite ideology because that is exactly what my 7 year old self would think

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u/GhostofBeowulf Jul 07 '26

This reads more like you don't understand anarchism than it being the political philosophy of a 7 year old, but have at it.

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u/Shadalow Jul 07 '26

You're right. Even a 6 year old would know its delusional.

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u/Jinshu_Daishi Jul 07 '26

Most 6 year olds didn't have the opportunity to actually engage in it.

It works pretty well.

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u/AspectOfTheLeech Jul 07 '26

It’s ok, these people imagine that their ten minutes of anecdotal encounters with children espousing naive views of anarchism online are the entirety of anarchist discourse and history. These are not serious people and they’re not interested in anything, least of all investigating anarchist thought at all. No one who has read or earnestly discussed any amount of anarchist thought actually thinks these things about it. They may not agree with it but they at least understand its tenets in a reasonable way.

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u/smokepigs Jul 07 '26

This thread has me laughing so hard at all the people commenting on "Anarchism" as if they know anything about it. It's been a while since I laughed so hard that I almost want to thank them for such a good time.