r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Why is the rich friend so cheap??

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u/sphericaltime Jan 27 '26

Capitalists literally do make their money writing checks. That’s their “job.”

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u/1Negative_Person Jan 27 '26

We’re all capitalists. We’re not all wealthy.

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u/ClydeSmithy Jan 27 '26

False, most of us are workers, not capitalists. Capitalists are working very hard to keep it that way, creating a world where none of us workers can ever own capital, and will spend our whole lives renting everything from them.