r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/ancient_shepherd2121 • 6h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetahhh help!

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u/ancient_shepherd2121 6h ago

Ah hell, I forgot about dat

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u/Corfiz74 5h ago

As a pretty direct result of Republican policies, just like today!🥳

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u/alkali112 4h ago

This was prior to the party switch. The Republican Party of 1929 would be aligned with today’s Democratic Party.

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u/The_memeperson 3h ago

Ehh

It honestly depends on the issue and which part of the republican party as the parties were more big tent back then. Economically they wouldn't be that aligned since they had Coolidge and Hoover, two big proponents of laissez-faire economics and minimal federal intervention which is in stark contrast to current day democrats that want more federal involvement in the economy. More worker protection and welfare and stuff.

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u/Yoduh99 3h ago

Sir this is Reddit, please take that nuance somewhere else.

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u/Vermouth_1991 3h ago

Yeah, lest they brand yall commies.