People Are Mocking The Dystopian Capitalism We’re Living In, And Here Are 35 Of Their Spot-On Posts

And this is why we should tax the rich. All that money should go to people who actually need it. Not people who waste their money sending dildo-shaped rockets into space.

That is beyond f****d up (and illegal).

Also public healthcare doesn’t “destroy” the health insurance industry; it just creates competition for it…which is supposed to be a characteristic of a free market?

Divide to rule.

Sweetie, are you counting the US as a developed country? Because other than speaking English and having smartphones, it has all the characteristics of a third world one.

Orrrr we need a better economy AND drugs that don’t cause fatigue for those of us whose mental health issues were caused by things that won’t go away in a non-capitalist society.

My partner just had surgery yesterday to remove a cancerous tumour from his tongue. From the 1st GP appointment to today, it has been around 8 weeks, with MRI's and whatnot between. He's 45, had cancer twice and will be able to go on with his life as he should be...cannot begin to describe my gratitude for the NHS right now. Oh, and we've been paying into this system our whole lives. Those of you who think universal healthcare is something to be sneered at are dead wrong.

The journalist who released them was killed, does that count?

This is scarily accurate.

Amen sister

Even worse is the amount of people who agree with them.

It's because in America your value is equated with your ability to produce. If you are seen as not being able to produce much of anything to contribute to society at large, then your life doesn't have value. Banks = loans, farmers = food, billionaires = jobs. The sick? vets? children? elderly? Very low production value. No reason to invest in them. It's f****d up.

As someone who hangs out in lefty spaces, left wing rage is often misdirected at people who make minor mistakes or write a fanfic that someone doesn’t like, because that’s easier and more cathartic than any real activism.

This enrages me...whatever happened to that dreadful Martin...Shkreli, is it?

Let alone the pittance that American universities pay the majority of their academic teaching staff who are also on short-term contracts

I just saw this pic in the Americans post

They had to shut him up quick ! Too many were listening !

“Little to no pay at all” is just a fancy way of saying slavery.

This is heartbreaking and I am so sad it happens.

They're just laughing at us all. But you know, the ordinary folk aren't supposed to know how much the overlords fear them...

Yep.

Hmmm...is this person suggesting we remove the 't' from 'taxed'?

I will never understand how a healthcare insurance is tied to having a job, wouldn't you need insurance even more when you are sick and can't work?

How do you think they make nine million dollars an hour

The rich would probably want the poor to disappear from their sight and stop causing problems.

Don't really get enticed with ads much. They can be interesting but just because there's something profound in the message about cats, I'm not about to buy that brand's cat food.

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Outrageous. 😠

In reality, the politicians with the biggest coffers can run their campaigns and shove propaganda down peoples' throats and get votes. So cynically speaking, it's just folks with common sense vs. the zombies with some gray matter short up top.

Here's the thing. For limited liability companies, you just fold. Unless creditors can prove some shady shenanigans going on, siphoning money off to phoney vendors for example, the owners have next-to-no fall-out. You pay your accountants to make sure of that. At worst, they go bankrupt but rarely see jail time.

"Is food a right?" asks a person who gets half the year as paid vacation.

I'd rather walk than sit on that thing, it'd be less painful! Have to work on my swimming though if I want to leave the UK

WHA—

If it looks stupid but it works, it aint stupid :)

Yup play into the tribal minds of most people. As long as the tribe wills it, they will jump off a cliff. This has rung true for both politics and marketing.

Some people don't deserve the air that they breathe

I feel this - our generation is so screwed!

in south africa your parents have to sign for your loans until you are 21. also you are allowed to drink, drive and smoke at 18.

Food is a right

How can this be? Insulin is cheap as chips to produce?

I peg your pardon, but WTF?

How about both

Just like the Roman empire, most of the people are slaves working for the handful of "citizens" living the American dream. That's how an empire works.

Out of curiosity, how does this system work? Because the doctor should only check the patient's history, selecting the medications himself. I understood the article so that the system tells the doctor what to give to the patient, hence my question.

guys, britain and netherlands fought wars for centuries over spices, this is nothing new

Then America got independence and spent 245 years doing the same

Uber as a corporate is doomed. It's a c**p model which will go belly up shortly

So is a society putting a premium on the superficial, rewarding vanity and grossly enriching the greedy.

The USA in a nutshell. We can't fix our bridges and roads, boost rapid transit, improve our power grid, or pay teachers decent wages and give them the materials they need - but can we fight wars!

I got a keychain

Kind regards… NOT

Can you show me one country where left wing communism has worked? Not that I like libertarianism, but the cure isn't any better.

Truth. However, it does not always have to be this way, as not every employer wants to use an employee. It all depends on the people.

Yep, and the moon is made of green cheese, handling toads causes warts, there was a shooter on the grassy knoll, Ronald Reagan was the first choice for the lead in "Casablanca," and the typical person swallows 8 spiders every year.

Some tenants absolutely do destroy properties, through. I'm wondering what position this landlord was actually in.

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*our If you're going to try making a point, at least learn to spell it

China is not communist. China is an oligarchy

what, you are going to what, bomb the excess CO2? use a tactical strike against CFCs? what?

I'm so sorry

I gather from this and other posts that Biden has been a massive disappointment up until now? (sorry I'm behind on information regarding this)