45 Photos And Memes Characterizing The Dystopian Capitalistic Society We're Drowning In
Capitalism has certainly accelerated human civilization and economic growth.
Capitalism has powered huge leaps in industry, technology, and wealth, but it has also left plenty of people questioning who really benefits. That tension is exactly why memes keep hitting so hard, they turn frustration about wages, housing, work, and inequality into something instantly recognizable.
This collection pulls from the Facebook page General Strike, where more than 50,000 followers share sharp, funny, and often bleak takes on modern labor life. The posts below poke at everything from bosses and rent to burnout and the strange logic of a system that keeps asking workers to do more for less.
Some of these images are blunt, some are absurd, and a few are uncomfortably close to home. Read on.
1. We've given control to psychopaths
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That one lands a little too close to reality.
4. They're not affected by the labor shortage
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5. Are teachers being overpaid?
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6. Socialists want the fruits of their labor
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7. What I think...
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8. People who refer to retail workers as low skill
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9. Who your enemy really is...
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And the jokes keep getting sharper from here.
10. I want it noted in my charts
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11. The current housing plan under capitalism
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12. So when are you coming in?
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13. It's better to be single than in an abusive relationship
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14. Your enemy is not the people struggling to survive
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15. The craziest part of it all
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16. Show me the money
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17. Just so we all are clear
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18. No one needs that kind of money
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19. Government handouts to the poor
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20. So let me get this straight
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21. The only reasons starvation exists are...
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22. You pay more so they make more
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23. It's the money that's the problem
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24. Why does no one want to flip burgers anymore?
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This is where the frustration really starts to pile up.
This is the same kind of “family first” math as the AITA where someone refused to lend money to their brother’s risky business.
25. So now here's what we want...
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26. They are trying to kill us
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27. Didn't know I would become the Joker
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28. Normalizing kids hating school
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29. If you understand, do this...
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30. Corporations be like...
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31. My annual leave request
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32. Money can't buy happiness
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33. They left you with inflation
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34. If you can't afford the rent...
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35. Is this communism?
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36. Wealth
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37. All in one picture
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38. Being in a union...
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39. Who am I to say?
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40. Let's go help someone in need
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41. Hmm...
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42. It's all about the work
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43. Quitting via text
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44. I'm trying to help you
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45. I'd leave over that
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While some argue that capitalism's goal is for capitalists to assert sovereignty over workers' time and lives, others believe it has performed relatively well. However, over the last decade, both the populist right and the socialist left have vigorously questioned and challenged the logic of markets and the workings of capitalism.
That debate is not going away anytime soon.
After “We’re drowning in capitalism,” here’s the family business fight over whether to fund struggling siblings: support siblings financially after inheriting the family business.
