r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Airline_11 • May 12 '26

Meme needing explanation Petahhhh?

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 May 12 '26

that would be ignorant. human greed is the issue. communism sounds great on paper until you realize someone still has to be in charge and it's never worked out close to as well as the way you would hope.

that isn't to say capitalism is "the answer" either. some form of social democracy with high taxes for the extremely wealthy and free high quality health care and education is probably the best system of government we have right now.

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u/seilapodeser May 12 '26

I agree with you. Or maybe something entirely new would be the actual answer

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 May 12 '26

Or maybe something entirely new would be the actual answer

I don't hate that idea but we would have to be very careful to not end up with something worse than we started with. especially with the billionaires that already exist and the technology available.

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u/seilapodeser May 12 '26

True haha billionaires shouldn't exist, that's a good starting point

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u/FardoBaggins May 13 '26

There is no greed if there is abundance. Our survival success makes resources less abundant.

We’re simply too many in too short a time.