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Meme has become a by-word of contemporary digital culture. And that makes sense, because when you think of it, meta-jokes allow us to communicate things in a way more complex way. Sometimes, it’s the other way around. When the subject of a conversation is fundamentally intricate, it begs for an unorthodox way to talk about things.

Like, capitalism. Many of us know how painful it may be to work late hours like there’s no tomorrow, like your family doesn’t exist, to sit by the desk without a day off, trying hard to deliver your very best daily, only to realize it’s been like this for the past decade. Here you go, I just described one of the memes in this list.

And while the capitalist society is spinning its wheels harder than ever before, with long-awaited hope of minimum wage being raised to $15 in the US, these anti-capitalist memes seem more relevant than ever. Someone's calling us overdramatic?

And to whoever is not into hard topics in life, this batch of memes speak of society and its flaws in a funny, like cringe funny, “oh my, it’s me” way. Psst! Another batch of anti-capitalist jokes can be found in our previous post here.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a tax credit scam. The grocery store makes a donation in their name with all the money collected and gets a tax credit.

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To find out more about the complex dynamics between capitalism and internet jokes, Bored Panda reached out to Dovydas Skarolskis, a Vilnius-based connoisseur of the contemporary political and cultural climate.

First off, Dovydas said that there’s no mathematically accurate answer to whether capitalism and the free market are evil. “The economic historians defending the free market have estimated that it is only because of the ideas of capitalism and industrialization that people have been able to rise out of poverty.”

Meanwhile, he explained that many researchers and activists of the field see our contemporary society as full of various forms of exploitation. “The fight between these and many other political ideas is perfectly illustrated by the Political Compass memes that ridicule one position or the other, as well as mock the assumptions about them and the ideas behind them."

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According to Dovydas, when tackling a vast array of different opinions, “humor is an excellent way to find like-minded people as well as attract new people who’d be interested in the ideas or even change their point of view.”

Dovydas likes to divide all the memes and jokes that criticize capitalism into a couple of categories. “First, it’s jokes that defend more radical ideas, irony and satire. They don’t require taking extreme measures to disrupt the functioning of our society, like replacing liberal democracy run by free trade with  socialist or even anarchist or communist principles of public governance.”

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Troux
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try leasing poverty. Go to the laundromat instead of using your own machine, cash a check at Amscot/WU instead of at your own bank, or try some rent-to-own furniture. You'll see just how expensive it is to be poor.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For some reason lots of people like to attack single mothers and think that because they need a bit of extra support they are a drain on society. What about all the fathers who did a runner and don't help to support their offspring. The pro-birthers don't want women to have abortions but also don't want to help support the child once it is separate human.

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However, Dovydas sees the flaws of this type of humor. “The biggest problem with these jokes is that they often justify historical crimes associated with radical leftist movements, or promise happiness by abandoning what we have in the name of something that has never been implemented before.”

“The second category of jokes falls under the softer criticism of capitalism and the free market that targets particular problems, exposing the absurdity of everydayness. We can name a number of problems associated with the modern free world: starting with the exploitation of third-world workers, corporate tax evasion, illegal and sometimes even legal pollution, and a number of others. In summary, the second type can be described as more moderate individuals who fight against obvious manifestations of social injustice.”

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Nah, It's Probly Just Teachers

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...not to mention increasing access to info that shows us what other countries do.

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How True

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember reading the news and seeing this tweet, and it is spooky how quiet it’s been. Like, would I get low-key eliminated by a dark web hacker for this comment?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

who cares about healthcare? what REALLY matters is that our precious overpriced buffalo wings are still available

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The third kind is what Dovydas calls “the post-ironic” approach. “It’s when joking, or rather the act of creating a joke itself, happens just for the sake of self-realization. The person who creates or likes this kind of content can be free from political ideas, or even if one has a particular political view, they don’t have to expect to change something about it.”

According to Dovydas, it’s totally enough to make fun of the world around us to collect a few or a few more likes. “Doomers, who believe that modern capitalism is a sort of dystopia they cannot escape, also fall under this category. This third group can also be named nihilists, pessimists, and post-ironicists.”

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It’s Time To Stop

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Damon Tripodi - Nobody likes you Damon. It's not because you're a horrible person, though. It's because you're a horrible person who seems compelled to share his unpleasant opinions about everything.

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Sum Guy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It usually is the rich parents... or having a family to fall back on.

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I Wish We Had A Choice.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s literally that simple. Except for me i make the distinction between just capitalism vs unregulated capitalism.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, I've not got an issue with someone getting a leg up from their parents. I would do it for my kids. It's when the person being helped pulls the ladder up after them, and adopts an 'I'm alright Jack' attitude, that there is a problem.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trump goes on the show to get some $ to pay his debts. Gets answers wrong, sues the show for being losers and fake. He rightfully won and in fact got the answers right - like "what is the capital of Florida?"and he says Mar a Lago.

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Haha Commercial Money Go Brrr

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ye what more do they need like what do they do just make us money defiantly not

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River Webb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

even if a rich person is supernaturally terrorised I still really doubt they'd share

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74 Of The Most Accurate Capitalism Tweets And Jokes That Prove We Already Live In A Dystopia

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That only comes out to 16.82285 billion. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos is sitting in his $250 million estates counting his billions.

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Helen Haley
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No kidding. What customer is going through the checkout line throwing hissy fits and elbows because someone is sitting while scanning?

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Leo Domitrix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The internet was made for fun by nerds. Then capitalists charged for access to it. History in a fortune cookie.

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"But People Starve Under Socialism!"

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Sleepyhead
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’d like to ask other countries what they don’t like about the United States, but the people of the United States would say I’m not UnitedStatesan. CUZ MURICA

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They'll notice when you use that first vacation day and treat you like a slacker. :)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The thing is, though, the types of socialism that people want aren't even the opposite of capitalism. With the type of mixed economy that exists now, it is actually possible for the system to become both more socialist and more capitalist at the same time.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Communism is also bad though. And unnecessary because there are a lot of other good ideas to solve the problems in the current system.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shh the cancel culture squad might overhear you and declare this offensive

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow clowny is there to entertain you while you are in serious debt and need to work work and work until your body disnagrates

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Julie C Rose
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

New Zealand closes its department stores whenever we go into soft lockdown and also banned online shopping from department stores when we were in our strict lockdown. This gets rid of covid so well that we usually don’t have to deal with the situation this person is describing, but I notice that this is never the kind of solution that people like this are looking for...

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Solrac
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, in communist countries you work to make the party oligarchs rich, only they pose as servants of the people.

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River Webb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what are you talking about? every single one of those generic, harmful, plastic bottles has a unique and original design!

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Troux
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just hold tight! It's about to trickle down......any second now.....

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#53

Truly The Best System

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow you found a why millions of people are homeless and the 1% of the population is living in there mansions while having billons of dollars they hoard instead of donating it to the millions of people witch could save lives and make the economy better and have less people is the streets

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M O'Connell
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Communism wasn't great for the Soviet Union due to significant high-level corruption. Capitalism is working out exactly the same...

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Leo Domitrix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We're 30 years too late on the global warming thing. I deeply apologize to all future generations and those who will live long enough to see the consequences of people dismissing recycling or mass transit as "inconvenient" in 1980 but will now cry when their beachfront rental is underwater. It wasn't me, but I apologize anyway. Some of us try. We really have tried. We will always try. But it's us vs the billions, and it's strange how people think a livable ecosystem isn't important until they're dying...

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François Carré
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For many years I've been saying my brain is social democrat while my heart is anarchist. Now my heart is slowly taking over.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I disagree. Most people do want to work. They just don't want to work for someone else.

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Vicky Zar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do you really have freedom, tho? Can you go out at night... alone... as a woman? Can you life a normal fearless life without being harrest, being called names or suspected of any crime... as a person of color? Can you take the time of getting better, when you are sick?

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River Webb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what an incredibly hard and difficult choice, I really had to think hard about this one

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Troux
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get this? The landlord is selling a service. It's not your money when you hand it over in exchange for a place to live.

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