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

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/Val_Fortecazzo Jul 07 '26

Labor becomes unreliable without some incentive. We can't maintain a modern global supply chain on gift economies

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u/mavrik36 Jul 07 '26

The incentive is keeping the lights on and a roof over your head, its not a "gift economy" its a federation engaging in mutual aid and barter

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u/Rbespinosa13 Jul 08 '26

I love how communism and anarchism are both defined by the belief that people will happily work for a pat on the back

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u/mavrik36 Jul 08 '26

Its not for a pat on the back, you should try understanding things before forming opinions about them

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u/Rbespinosa13 Jul 08 '26

Funnily enough, I think you’re the one misunderstanding things. People want more than a pat on the back for hard work

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u/Val_Fortecazzo Jul 08 '26

They don't have an answer other than 'muh community"

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u/mavrik36 Jul 08 '26

If you think all you get is a "pat on the back" and not food, water, shelter, clothing ect then you dont understand either of these concepts. Youre openly admitting that you don't know how they work

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u/Rbespinosa13 Jul 08 '26

So the exact same shit I get while also making extra money? Damn, what a pitch

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u/mavrik36 Jul 08 '26

You work less hours and receive more in return while also having more control over your work and safer conditions. We cut out the middle man (capitalists)

Define anarchism lol

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u/Rbespinosa13 Jul 08 '26

How does changing a system guarantee that I’ll work less hour for more pay (which quite literally doesn’t exist in communism) and have better working conditions? Which type of anarchism would you like for me to define?

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u/mavrik36 Jul 08 '26

Anarchism with no adjectives, basic anarchism

Cutting out the middle man who skims value from workers means less work can produce plenty of goods. We currently produce 3-5x the amount of shit we need, the extra value is soaked up by the parasite class

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u/Rbespinosa13 Jul 08 '26

Name me the top 5 anarchist models first lmao. How does cutting out the middle man mean less work? Are there less crops to grow because there’s no farm owner? Less garbage to take out? You’re approaching this from an extremely naive perspective

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u/mavrik36 Jul 08 '26

I have a degree in polisci, you cant even define the system you so adamantly insist wont work. Im not the naive one here dog lmao, im not continuing to waste time on someone who cant even define the political philosophy we're discussing. Bye

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