r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 23h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Independent_Bear989 20h ago

What system? And how would it be fixed?

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u/mindfuckedAngel 19h ago

Capitalism and very good question

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u/Independent_Bear989 19h ago

This isn’t exclusive to capitalism, though. If the means of production were owned collectively by the people, or the government, deflation would still be bad.

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u/mindfuckedAngel 4h ago

That is just one other option. The assumption that growth can go on forever to make capitalism work is exactly the thing that drove us to this global shit pile that we have now.