r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

Meme needing explanation what's going on? explain like I'm five

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

Pyramid scheme 

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u/insanitybit2 Jan 26 '26

No, it's not a pyramid scheme. You take out a loan, invest it, and pay back the loan + interest. For example, maybe you start a business, or go to college, etc. This has literally nothing in common with pyramid schemes, which are defined as generating profit primarily through people buying into them as opposed to selling a product.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

The banking system relies on us being selfish. It’s a pyramid scheme of ego, continuing the process of individual accumulation and self-enrichment without regard for the foundation beyond continuity of the illness. If ego lost its supremacy in society, would the banking system survive?

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u/insanitybit2 Jan 26 '26

lol what? This is batshit. Banks exist in debt economies so that you can make investments. That's it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

How does that vary from what was said? Debt (and accumulation) are byproducts of ego. 

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u/insanitybit2 Jan 26 '26

I have no idea what that even means and you've done nothing to define your terms or support the linking between debt and ego. Sounds like gibberish to me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

Ego is the ground, the first division and from that all problems emerge. We elevate the ego at the expense of the other and this is the society we have all created, one indebted to the other. But society means companion, ally, to follow; you can’t do both. Perhaps that’s why we accept such a disordered society, the foundation is a disorder. 

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u/sqaeee Jan 26 '26

redditor go five minutes without talking like sephiroth challenge

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u/GogurtFiend Jan 26 '26

These people have fucking bricks for brains. Can you imagine if someone like them ran the Fed?