capitalism

303d

Color me surprised.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242937-universal-basic-income-seems-to-improve-employment-and-well-being/

New Scientist

Universal basic income seems to improve employment and well-being
By Donna Lu

6 May 2020

Finland’s universal basic income study has revealed that the programme doesn’t seem to discourage people from working

Michael Brooks / Alamy

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215d

Having worked at the big companies, like #Amazon and #Google (so glad to be done with them), this is something I've heard, seen, and felt.
If companies can dole out bonuses to themselves, they definitely can pay us more. #Capitalism is hurting working people, but we hold the power & fill their pockets ✊🏼 #UniteAndFightBack #GeneralStrike

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(Pure) capitalism is an economic system with division of labor and private ownership (not only of the means of production, but) of all human property, including the means of production, consumer goods, and man himself and products of his labor. The logical and economic consequence of such a preposition is that capitalism is naturally beneficial not only for capitalists and entrepreneurs, but for everyone, for all the people in society.
#capitalism #statism #economics #science

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58d

Everything maga hates, in one convenient place...

#CivilRights #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom #FreedomOfReligion #SeparationOfChurchAndState #LGBTQ #Abortion #Contraception #Capitalism #Racism #WhiteNationalism #ChristianNationalism #ChristoFascism #ClimateCrisis #Immigration #Healthcare #WomensRights #Science #History

An American Flag graphic with the following words superimposed:
In the blue starry field: Inconvenient Truths: Facts don't care what you believe.

On the red and white stripes, in order:
Racism is ignorant and based on lies.
Housing, Utilities, Food/Water, and Healthcare are BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, not opportunities to profiteer.
Being LGBTQ is an innate biological reality, not a choice. Real Science doesn't care about your myths.
All Spiritual Paths are Equally Valid. There is no "one true" religion.
If you don't want accurate history taught because it makes your religion or culture look bad, that's because it was bad - and needs to be taught.
Women are not property or livestock. Women have an absolute right to an abortion and contraception. Mind your own business.
If your business can't pay living wages to your employees, you are cosplaying "business owner' and you deserve to go out of business.
Climate collapse IS HAPPENING and is going to wreck the economy & make the planet largely uninhabitable, and YOU are responsible for changing your lifestyle to stop it.

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209d

"Can't afford food?, blame it on billionaires not immigrants"

#poverty #capitalism #inflation

Poster saying "Can't afford food?, blame it on billionaires not immigrants"

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48d

For Silicon Valley, AI isn’t just about replacing some jobs. It’s about replacing all of them

"...I recently found myself at a dinner in an upstairs room at a restaurant in San Francisco hosted by a venture capital firm. The after-dinner speaker was a tech veteran who, having sold his AI company for hundreds of millions of dollars, has now turned his hand to investing. He had a simple message for the assembled startup founders: the money you can make in AI isn’t limited to the paltry market sizes of previous technology waves. You can replace the world’s workers – which means you can capture their salaries. All of them...."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/12/for-silicon-valley-ai-isnt-just-about-replacing-some-jobs-its-about-replacing-all-of-them

#AI #aipocalypse #capitalism #jobs #labor

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345d

To understand the egregious toxicity of billionaires (Charles Koch particularly)

contemporary conservatism
politics (political capture)
legislation
judiciary
lobbying
deregulation
libertarianism
erosion of social programs;
erosion of public education (school vouchers)
anti-feminism; ...

read (in order)

Jane Mayer, Dark Money (2016)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Money_(book)

Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains (2019)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Chains

Get them online or your local library

#Koch #evil #capitalism #GOP

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39d

I've had this project on the back-burner for years but with humanity descending more into chaos every day it's time for blackbird to tidy up!

Read it on my portfolio:

https://jfml.eu/2025/05/zine-amsel-raeumt-auf/

#JfmlArt #art #illustration #creative #DigitalArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtWithOpenSource #MastoArt #AutoKorrektur #FuckCars #antifa #birds #environment #capitalism #comics #krita #inkscape #zine

Illustration of a giant blackbird with an upturned car in their mouth. One of the car's door has come off and is falling down.

Above it the text: Blackbird tidies up!

„Blackbird was just cleaning the park, sorting some leaves, when suddenly:“

Illustration of a dude carelessly throwing an empty cola can away that lands on blackbird with a leaf in their mouth, looking angry.

„That won't do! Right back at you!“ says blackbird throwing the can back at the guy's head.

„Actually, people like you can go straight to the recycling as well!“ decides blackbird, now giant, letting the guy and his can fall into a rubbish container. Next to the container are a swastika and a crown.

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39d

Wonder where it's going?

"i don't understand this economy when nursing homes are so expensive they bankrupt our grandparents but nursing home aides need to use food banks. daycare is so expensive it eats up one parent's entire paycheck and yet daycare providers only make $10/hr and need second jobs

college costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and puts students into debt for life and yet we have thousands of professors living in their cars.

everything we need is astronomically expensive and yet almost none of the money we pay is going towards the people actually doing the work and providing the services."

ally @missmayn

i don't understand this economy when nursing homes are so expensive they bankrupt our grandparents but nursing home aides need to use food banks. daycare is so expensive it eats up one parent's entire paycheck and yet daycare providers only make $10/hr and need second jobs

college costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and puts students into debt for life and yet we have thousands of professors living in their cars.

everything we need is astronomically expensive and yet almost none of the money we pay is going towards the people actually doing the work and providing the services.

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288d

https://www.reddit.com/r/socialistsmemes/comments/1fgm288/poor_guy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

#capitalism #anticapitalism #communism #socialism

A reddit post that says, "My wife has cancer, it took 5 months to wipe out 20 years of life savings and that was with insurance. The experience has turned me into a hateful, bitter person. We did everything we were told. We went to college, got degrees, avoided credit card debt, spent wisely, saved a nice chunk of money in savings accounts and retirement accounts and minded our own business. The USA healthcare system took all of our savings and retirement and forced us to refinance our house so that we lost 15 years of equity. This is a country I'm supposed to be proud of? I hate this system and anyone that defends it." This post is from a person called "binkybrain."

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41d

I sell my labor just to buy food, surprise surprise, no shocker there. Big oof, whomp whomp.

The system’s out here selling me like I’m the latest hot stock. Oh well, guess I’m just another profit margin. Woopdidoo!

#Anarchy #Anarchism #Capitalism

A person wearing headphones and an orange hoodie, a peace symbol pendant, and headphones outdoors against a backdrop of a rocky hillside under a partly cloudy sky.

The scene is a selfie-style portrait, with the person positioned in the center of the frame.

The person is looking directly at the camera, with their expression being neutral.

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321d

https://youtu.be/Ys1Pc0WtNfk

https://www.reddit.com/r/DankLeft/comments/1ephaax/we_need_to_worry_our_own_homeless_people/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

#communism #socialism #capitalism #homelessness #poverty

An image of a capitalist pig looking at a full boat of migrants trying to immigrate to America. The capitalist pig says to them, "We need to worry about our own homeless. We can't take any more people."

Below, the same capitalist pig is looking at a bunch of homeless people sleeping on a dirty floor. The capitalist pig says to them, "Get a job, you lazy fucks!"

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34d

Reason To Hate Capitalism #266 - Capitalism leads to the rich getting away with things the poor are quickly punished with #capitalism #immigration #anticapitalism

@mcsquared34 There's two codes of law in the US, one for the rich and powerful, and the other for everyone else - ' Guess who wasn't arrested yesterday when 680 immigrant workers were apprehended at a Mississippi poultry plant:

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286d

#capitalism #anticapitalism #communism #socialism #competition

The words "Competition in theory" above two muscular men wearing top hats. One of them says, "I produce higher quality goods than you for the same price." The other man responds by saying, "Then I have no choice but to increase the quality of my goods."

Below this image are the words "Competition in practice" above the images of two pigs dressed in old-fashioned suits and top hats. One of the pigs says, "See these identical cartons of milk? There used to be 1 liter, but now there is 0.9 liters for the same price." The other pig responds by saying, "Then I'm going to dillute my milk with water."

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32d

Marx's "Capital" Explained in 8 minutes

#socialism #communism #capitalism #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics

https://youtu.be/kQscKTYaue8

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Wealth isn't a sign of a virtue and poverty isn't a moral failing.

#capitalism #meritocracy #neoptism #GenerationalWealth #poverty

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#capitalism #anticapitalism #privatizedhealthcare #communism #socialism

"So you wouldn't serve your country?"

Dude, if I got an infected cut and didn't have $10,000, this country would be all, "Oh, that sucks have fun dying, lol!"

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26d

It shouldn't be this way.
#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics

In the USA, it is proper etiquette to ask if the person would prefer dying before you call an ambulance.

Ambulances are expensive.

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165d

#Hypercapitalism is the *observed* destruction of life and planet.

#Capitalism is the *pretense* that it is all alright.

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129d

Five of the greatest men to ever live!
Long live Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought!
#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism

An image of (from left to right) Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong looking to the left. There is text in Chinese that, when translated to English, says, "Long live Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought!"

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143d

[thread] Resisting Trump2/GOP fascism

#HumanRights #SocialJustice #resistance #CivilDisobedience #ConscientiousObjection
#transgender #TransRights #TransLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter
#Trump #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #autocracy #extremism
#HeritageFoundation #Project2025
#ChristianRight #Catholicism #whiteSupremacism #antiLGBT #transphobia
#misogyny #paternalism #sexism
#WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #SelfDetermination
#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #libertarianism

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19d

不结婚只能孤独终老吗？怎么会。
人与人之间只有攀比碾压勾心斗角吗？不应该。
不擅长做牛马的人活该饿死吗？绝不能。
但怜悯和施舍并不足以解决根本问题。我们需要更好的方法。

……

在这个牛马们已经被卷到怀疑人生的时代，仅仅躺平并不足以推翻游戏规则。要想做到这点，我们就需要更多人加入对新系统的积极实验中来。

一场接着一场的危机正在揭示当前这个系统有多么的脆弱。那堵将我们所有人隔离在真正的自由之外的高墙已经开始出现一道道新的裂痕，只待时机成熟，只需轻轻一推 ……

馈赠经济是疫情后时代最值得期待的新生态，尤其是对经历过白纸行动的华语区来说，同时也是第二次反法西斯斗争的关键武器。竞争性替代方案正在积极出现。特别是替代经济方案，是摆脱当前危机的关键。当前的经济体系只有在经济持续增长的情况下才能运作，因此它无法应对我们今天面临的停滞。

正如米尔斯坦所言，进步之路必需有4个R：抵抗、反抗和革命这三个R不是全部，始终都需要存在第四个R，即重组。这里的重组不仅寻求建立新的社会结构，而且至关重要的是寻求建立新的社会关系。甚至第四个R本身就能覆盖前三个R，为它们培育肥沃的土壤 - 即无政府主义主张的替代系统预示政治。

……

鉴于近来华语区积极尝试的各种互助项目，我们做了一个小型的交流会。本文在会议期间作为学习材料的一部分采取，现分享给所有读者，希望能有所帮助 —— 不仅是对潜在的组织者，尤其是对所有互助战略的支持者和未来可能的参与者，因为我们期待的结构在此没有区别。

🧬物料总站更新《互的不只是“助”：互助绝非慈善，更不是施舍》
https://iyouport.notion.site/20d34ca2d46d801ab052ffa990c956bd

#无政府主义 #互助 #革命 #经济 #资本主义 #替代系统 #战术 #anarchism #mutualaid #revolution #economy #capitalism #tactics

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#meme #memes #funny #memesdaily #lol #humor #memesoffediverse #memesofmastodon #memesofpixelfed #nihilism #nihilistmemes #capitalism #humansoflatecapitalism #justnihilistcomedy #teenager #rebel

Me as a teen rebel:
The system sucks and is pointlessly cruel

Me now:
The system sucks and is pointlessly cruel ¹ ⁴ ¹¹
* Shows that now I have references *

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I think it’s pretty notable that Greta Thunberg has openly blamed capitalism for the climate crisis we’re in.

She argues that the current system, driven by fossil fuel interests, colonialism, imperialism, and exploitation, is fundamentally responsible for environmental destruction and social injustice.

While she has been a prominent figure for several years, her media presence has fluctuated. Recently, she has received renewed attention, particularly after high-profile events like the flotilla incident, which brought her back into the headlines and media focus.

So yes, Greta is definitely back in the spotlight, and the media seems to be paying close attention again. LMAO!

#GretaThunberg #Capitalism #FossilFuel #Colonialism #Imperialism #FreedomFlotilla #Gaza

A diverse group of people gathered outdoors at a speech with Greta Thunberg speaking into a microphone in the foreground while others listen attentively; the crowd is casually dressed and appears engaged in activism and social justice issues.

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Even as late as 1912 A.D., the great mass of the people still persisted in the belief that they ruled the country by virtue of their ballots. In reality, the country was ruled by what were called 'political machines'. At first the machine bosses charged the master capitalists extortionate tolls for legislation; but in short time the master capitalists found it cheaper to own the political machines themselves and to hire the machine bosses. - Jack London, The Iron Heel

#democracy #Capitalism

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