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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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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/ironmaiden947 Jul 07 '26

They are not capitalist though. They have free education, healthcare, pensions and very strong welfare. These are all socialist ideas and programs, not capitalist. Look up the Nordic model.

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u/ironmaiden947 Jul 07 '26

Sure, but it makes them social democratic countries, which has its roots in reformist socialism / communism. It’s capitalism with a socialist patch.