Die Dreigroschenopera satirizes the social, economic and political realities of Germany during the Weimar Republic era.
The opera is critical of the capitalist system, which it depicts as corrupt and exploitative, and it highlights the poverty and social injustice that existed in German society at the time. The characters in the opera are mostly criminals and lower-class people who struggle to get by in a society that is weighted against them.
The opera reflects the political and social environment of Weimar Germany, which was a period of intense social and political upheaval marked by economic instability, political extremism, and cultural rebellion.