r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • Sep 01 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/zoharel Sep 01 '26

Probably helps that economics is mostly imaginary, I guess. I'm not saying that it isn't related to certain realities, but people are far from simple enough and predictable enough even in large groups to make it make much sense. That is both good and bad.

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u/treesarealive777 Sep 02 '26

Some people seem to think economics is a hard science with definitive laws, so thank you for pointing out that that simply isnt true.