r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Melodic_Judge_129 • 8h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/InternationalLaw8660 6h ago

What isn't socialist about "fire department?"

Your taxes go towards funding the department, you have an emergency, they come save you.

Pretty straightforward; unless you live in one of those "unincorporated" hell-scapes where you have the option of donating to the volunteer department, and if you don't they don't have to help.

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u/BenjaminWah 5h ago

AND...fire departments are unionized and collectively bargain their contracts

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u/Gunmetalstorm 5h ago

Socialism is when the government does stuff. And it's more socialism the more stuff it does. And if it does a real lotta stuff, it's communism!

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u/jackpott443 6h ago

That's... what they were saying.