35 Times People Realized That Modern Capitalism Is Starting To Look Ridiculous

I hear you, sister!

If you contribute through the business, they can count it as one of their charitable donations and write it off on their own taxes, as if they used their own money.

Especially stores that throw away unsought food

I've never seen seen a request for donation at the checkout as High as that at least in the UK. What we get when you insert your card into the POS machine is a request for like 25p or 50p,at most £1

God forbid people with extra cash to donate to charity go to the grocery store!

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Right? And morons say we're communists because we see the major flaws in capitalism

You should see the bankruptcy plan for the refinery in Philadelphia that exploded *twice* recently. Workers let go with no notice, no severance. Senior execs got 4.5 mil bonuses each for, you know, their crappy management that led to the explosions and shutting of the facility, plus they will get 2.5 mil bonuses each (in addition to current compensation) to "navigate the business through bankruptcy" plus percentage incentives above that if they sell off the parts of the business above a particular target. And even more if they successfully settle a lawsuit they brought against the Feds for shuttering the facility because it kept exploding, killing people and poisoning the environment. Fork taxing the rich - put them in jail for crimes against humanity.

Which is why I've stopped shopping at amazon. He's rich enough. Not giving him my money too.

Wait... did we forget about the 98M he donated to charity?

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I live in California. A while ago PG&E was convicted for 6 or 7 felonies that contributed to burning down most of the town of Paradise and killing 86 people. Note that the corporation was convicted, even though a corporation is a thing and cannot form criminal intent. The execs who actually did the deeds did fine. No penalties and they make lots of money. Of course they did drive PG&E into bankruptcy. We really need to stop letting lobbyists write our laws. They make sure that nothing execs do is a crime.

you can't taxes the rich that much. they're rich… they'll move away if you taxe them. i Don't say its wrong, i just say they'll go anywhere they'll be able to live without taxes. they have money they can move away. the rest of us can't

I love Bored Panda but SO MANY people here seem not to get sarcasm.

I laughed so hard at "I'm daddy's special boy"...love it!

You got me, getting a bit cranky before reading further. For crying out loud!!!!!.....not only shop sales, but mainly shop at value village ;-) I'm old and sore, and the savings we do have are pretty miniscule. I worry about my sons, one 40, retired navy and the other 26 just finding his place in the world with a job that pays health insurance. Both are living at home BTW ;-) Unfortunately for a bunch of us.... mom and dad didn't help with schooling, houses, and I'm pretty sure I'm not anyone's special girl.........Thank you for the snarky smile. truly.

What idiots get "Hulu with ads" when you can download for free from the "Dark web"? Call ourselves millenials? Gen X knew pirating from VHS days.

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So your

This is what Northwest Airlines execs told the flight attendant group during bankruptcy. They were told to go dumpster-diving. I s**t you not. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/14410893/ns/business-small_business/t/airline-workers-told-go-dumpster-diving/#.Xd6bPOhKjIU

In Palm Beach they have a newspaper they call The Shiny Sheet. Every year they post the winners from a children's essay contest. I saw one essay that started, " There once was a very poor family. They had a very poor butler and a very poor maid.'

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SO SAD!!! Gosh, I hope the headlamp helped.

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This cannot be real...

This list definitely goes to my wall!!

WRT people's well-being, the problem isn't "capitalism". The countries with best standard of living and highest "happiness" ratings have capitalism. The problem is toxic/rampant/unfettered capitalism. WRT the environment, the problem is capitalism and too many people and that our technology has outstripped our brains.

8. Epstein didn't kill himself

Hahahahahahahaha.....more sarcasm.

I love my parents, they have always told me this, except for #6.

Yeah, this is brutally true

Capitalism: "Thanks to robotization we could lay off all of our workers" Also capitalism: "Hey, why no one buy our stuffs nowadays?"

If you're angry, then quit and demand better pay. If that doesn't work, then you are overrating your labor. Basic economics.

Yeah, one thing I really do not understand, is why we are still clinging to 8-hour workdays? And sometimes even all of those 8 hours spent at the office? This is such a thing of the past! There are not many professions where most of the work is done in half of the time, and the other half is wasted... Why?

And they start their own new "charities" and get tax benefits for doing that, and employ family members in there - who get tax benefits. Instead of putting money somewhere that we KNOW works. Like redcross / crescent. Or Salvation Army. or.. pick your own favorite.

How do we know they aren't giving anonymously or to less visible charities?

I'm not sure that's true

Not all, but most millionaires and billionaires only do good things for recognishion, generally not for the common good. *MOST* rich people, specifically old white upperclass men

Almost every charity event

She doesn't know that in the USA roughly 40% of homeless people have jobs.

Sarcasm, boys and girls!

Shock collar...?? That’s dark.

Folks, please learn the meaning of SATIRE.

Is this random dude really saying this isn't true? Do you work for Amazon managment or something?

And where Bob Cratchit, the epitome of poverty, makes $10,000 a year more in today's money than a full-time worker on US minimum wage.