r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Melodic_Judge_129 • 9h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Own_Policy8854 9h ago

We could redistribute wealth to prevent it from pooling and creating economic disasters in the first place.

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u/jcbarton1 9h ago

You’re right we can just change human nature while we’re at it and make everyone agree

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u/rocinante1882 8h ago

We have been alive and operating as a species for hundreds of thousands of years. The economic system we live under right now is only a few hundred years old, and constantly evolving to keep those in power, in power. Nothing about this is "human nature."

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u/jcbarton1 8h ago

And the systems that came before capitalism, were they better or worse for the average person?