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We live in a strange version of modernity. People idolize billionaires and gush about their lifestyles on social media. Those same billionaires are preparing to leave us all behind here on our good ol’ Earth and fly off to live on Mars. Kids want to be Twitch streamers or TikTokers when they grow up. What’s the common thread between all these problems, you ask? Capitalism, of course!

The Instagram page Economic Left provides commentary and top-tier memes to rid you of some of that doom and gloom. Bored Panda reached out to the creator of the page to know more about the art of anti-capitalist memery. Check out these humorous posts and lull your anti-capitalist rage knowing we’re all in this together.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Meetings to implement recommendations of consultants, more Meetings to see if more Meetings are needed, steak lunch, golf course...

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Comedy and jokes are an entertaining and effective way to convey social and political messages. George Carlin, for example, is still equally revered and criticized for some of his politically incorrect stand-up routines. On the internet, where ideas have the potential to spread like wildfire, funny can be used for activism as well.

The author behind the "Economic Left" Instagram account agrees: “Memes are wonderful because you can actually pack an immense amount of information in them which is imparted in an incredibly short amount of time.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't remember their name, but there was one series of Drag Race where one of the queens turned out to be a sex pest. People are people.

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The page’s creator undoubtedly chose the medium of memes for better spreadability of its message. “Humor is pivotal to the success of memes! Humor opens the door,” the page admin agrees. “Then you can begin education and community building.”

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“Many groups and movements have used memes effectively to build community among like-minded individuals,” says the page’s creator. And they are right. Researchers have found that memes can influence a sense of belonging, sense of community, and attitude toward a community.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is ethical to survive, and not obstruct others from also surviving. Hoarding needed supplies is attempted sabotage of the effort of others to survive.

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We also asked them how the idea for this Instagram page came about. “There is a huge hunger for anti-capitalist discourse at the moment and memes seem like a powerful way to spread awareness and grow leftist online communities,” the person behind the page “Economic Left” says.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a shame people no one ever gets rich by creating a product or service that people need or that transforms life as we know it.

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The page’s bio says that its target audience are “leftists”. However, it’s important for the account’s owner to make clear that those who consider themselves on the political left in the US are not entirely their target audience.

“I and my followers would actually argue democrats and liberals are not leftists,” the manager of the account clarifies. “Leftists argue for democratic control of the economy.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I heard a discussion on the radio about the horrific rental market -- low supply, high rents -- and the 'expert' said that one of the answers was that there was a housing shortage and we needed to build more houses for rental. If so many rich people have vacation houses and so many people have properties to Air BnB, there is no shortage; there is only a problem with distribution. Also, he said that one reason for the high rents was landlords needed to compensate for increasing mortgage rates. So, in other words, the landlords profiting off of their tenants do not even own product they are overselling to their customers. So, maybe that is another thing to question.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I totally get this, and it's 100% not wrong, but also, they need a house to live in. I don't work late because I want to, or because I care about my career. I work late so I can pay my bills.

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One of the page’s missions is to “dispel right-wing myths about the economy.” When scrolling through the page’s material, it’s evident the author makes fun of both sides on the political spectrum.

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They don’t shy away from criticizing democrats who consider themselves “leftists”: “We roast Democrats and liberals precisely because they identify as leftist without holding any traditional leftist beliefs about the economy,” adds the page’s author.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank god I live on Europe now. I used to live in USA but my parents moved here.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

pfft. my bank doesn't even bother getting to know my pay schedule. They will charge me their fees, and an overdraft fee, an over limit fee and another over limit fee because their fees brought me past my limit. Then when I call the bank I have to try a couple times to get a rep who has some human decency to understand that it's all b******t.

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Activism is definitely a large component of the mission behind the Instagram page “Economic Left”. “On the left, however, activism doesn’t stop with ‘get out and vote’,” the page’s owner says.

"The electoral system is an important arena to engage with, but leftists have realized that organizing in your own community or work place is the real way to build a movement with real power,” the page’s admin believes.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just to clarify: The highway is still there, just underground. Still a huge improvement.

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“We don’t focus on helping elect some Democrat or another to continue to pass laws preventing meaningful change on issues like workers’ rights and climate change. Only direct action and community organizing will move the needle,” the page’s owner states.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Henry ford was not a nazi enabler, he was a nazi NAZI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dearborn_Independent

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Some might say that the action the account calls for can be perceived as radical. When asked how they would respond, the page’s owner doesn’t hesitate to show their passion for the cause.

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“I would say it is radical to continue to prop up an economic system where children go hungry and people die on the street every day in supposedly the most wealthy country in history.”

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my f*****g GOD. Can we stop with always associating the rainbow to being anything but a band of all colours? I love rainbows. They're pretty. They're so, so colourful. They're great for those who can't make up their minds on what a favourite colour palette. I just want to support Pink Floyd all the more now.

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“The United States is rightfully seen by other countries as having politics radically to the right. If anything, leftists want to restore a little balance," the page's administrator adds.

“[They] recognize big changes are the only way to meet the existential threats of our age like extreme inequality, systemic racism, and climate change,” the page’s owner declares their beliefs. “If that makes us radical, so be it!”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because you people are worth hating. Fortunately, most of you are old and living in the soon to be underwater state of florida.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know communism and socialism are just two more words that the other side spits out automatically anytime anything good for society is mentioned that won’t make them richer.

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Online spaces are not the only place where anti-capitalist sentiments abound. The idea seems to be getting increasingly more prominence in the media we consume. We only need to look at the TV shows that have been released in the past five or so years. Glass Onion: A Knives Out StorySorry To Bother YouThe MenuSuccession and Beef are only several examples of movies criticizing capitalism in one way or another.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and we have baguette, croissant, kouign amann (the recipe : it's butter, sugar, butter, butter, sugar, sugar, butter, sugar, sugar, butter and some experienced researchers have found traces of flour)

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Ironically, the message is driven by the same corporate conglomerates. “You feel indignant at the end of an episode, but you aren’t given a useful way to direct your indignation,” writes Sean McDowell for Current Affairs.

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He suggests directing the feelings that these shows stimulate toward action. “Whatever you do, be part of the struggle against faceless corporations that profit off of stories about the inequalities they themselves are guilty of advancing,” the writer concludes.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The term "excused" and "inexcused" absence for calling in sick like... I can't. I just can't.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m in my mid-40s and have lived through THREE once-in-a-lifetime recessions and now a climate crisis. I also don’t expect good things to happen ever again.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've also heard "Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries are concerned Millennials are not playing lotteries as much as the older generations." The word "concerned" ... actually concerns me it is used in this construct of an absurd thought.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Capitalism isn't the problem. It's greed and corruption. Capitalism and socialism can work together perfectly well. A prime example is Norway.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is 1 billion dollars? 1,000 briefcases each filled with 1 million dollars each. What can you do with 1 billion dollars? Give it to a bank that'll give you 4% back in interest each year which equals 40 million dollars per year for doing absolutely nothing. Billionaires and millionaires should not exist

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Meanwhile in romania, the standard gas price is $1.70 per LITER ($6.52 per gallon), during the last gas crisis it went up to $3.40...again, per LITER ($13.05 per gallon) in a country in which the take home pay for a minimum wage job is about $450 per month. But please, lets hear you whine more about paying $4 a gallon as you hop in you car to travel distances of less than a mile.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, this is true. Although I must say one side is complete trash and the other side at least has hopes of being recyclable.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

technically the meme should be the other way around since putting the glasses on makes him see blurry but the point is too true

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ever notice that companies treat their employees like spoiled children? "For this good employee, who has worked so hard this week. I'm giving them an extra $5. Now, it will appear on your next pay cheque. That means it will be taxed. But better than nothing, eh?" Other employees: "Don't you think we should deserve more, and to other people who worked their asses off all year?" "Well... the company can't really afford to give any more money than that. Plus our shareholders don't want to see any more money spent on production staff. So.... But I mean, if we get in more sales and increase the profits for the company then maybeee.... we'll look into doing something small..." Oo

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sent a message to my (conservative) rep after getting an "update" about "Bidens high gas prices". I merely asked why big oil has made record profits. Crickets........

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My head explodes whenever I think of all that money that could help so many people and “they” would never even miss it!! And it just sits there! While people are starving and suffering and dying. How could you not help, knowing what goes on in the world!?! What else can we call this except evil?!

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ve never in my life called marvel movies kids movies, do people actually consider them kids movies?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We were raised in a society that was already messed up when we got here and that brainwashed us and sold us lies.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes I'd rather quit and live like the people I see making makeshift homes in the bus shacks. They seem happy. Always laughing. Surrounded by friends. Doing whatever they want. jkjk XD I'm good in my lil' 1br with my kid.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually Kim is right. The owner oversees operations, invests in advertising and new equipment, deals with performance issues, negotiates with suppliers, repairs and maintains the business and sets the overall strategy on the product and how it should evolve. Leave all of that to a workers committee and 95% likely the restaurant will fail. Am amazed that a business owner actually sharing the profits with workers is being shat on...some of you need to come back to reality.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even if we assume that it IS human nature, just because something is natural doesn't necessarily mean it's good. We do plenty of things that are unnatural. Using the internet, for example. Or living in houses. Eating crops. Going to space. Y'know what's natural? Ebola.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So the government claim it back. Very simple. That is what other countries do.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't forget that a lot of workers have been going on strike recently. In fact, just now, the United Auto Workers are striking against the Big Three (GM, Ford, and Stellantis)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A teenager listened to a professional financial adviser when they said he could afford it? OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a question(I don’t know why I keep saying that, my mind seems to be set in school right now), what does left wing and right wing actually mean? Isn’t that what this is talking about?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I sometimes go on FOX when I feel like an argument. MAGA constantly uses the terms Communist, Socialist, and Nazi interchangeably. It is clear they have no clue about the differences or what they truly mean. It is simply their way to be derogatory towards those who disagree with them. I have tried to explain it to several. Not much luck yet.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think people are understanding the SARCASM of all these posts.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember folks, the economic boom-bust cycle in a capitalist economic system is a FEATURE not a bug.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm in my 50's and I can honestly say that this complete BS. In fact, the older I get, the more I hate the right and everything it stands for. It doesn't take much brain power to see how hateful and racist the right is. How their economic policies have hurt not only myself, but my kids and even the idiots that continue to support them. I respect a persons right to choose conservative political and social values. But I do not respect or condone tyrants and greedy, selfish people. That is what the conservatives of today are. And what the Republican Party is now, needs to be eliminated and disbanded. They are treacherous and threat to freedom and decency. Their leaders need to be jailed. I would say that the Republican Party is the biggest threat to the US today.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what I think of, too. Except it's more like $14.15, and going up to $15 next month, because the government says so.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What are they talking about? You know what, I should probably just look it up. Edit: I just looked them up and I still don’t really understand

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And now I'm imagining one of those Big Pharma ads where they rattle off a zillion side effects. "Capitalism...may cause headaches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, constipation, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, starvation, homelessness, inequality, crime..."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/us/politics/matt-gaetz-sex-trafficking-investigation.html

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just wait until those conservative clowns get back in power, and you'll go right back.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Meh, stick with the OG Marx and ignore the other 2. They failed miserably and set us workers back by a century.

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