‘Humans Of Capitalism’: 40 Pics That Look At Capitalism From A Sarcastic And Ironic Perspective (New Pics)
Things are feeling pretty darn dystopian right about now. Oh, capitalism has pretty much always seemed to have this edge of unfairness and greed to it, but these days, things are reaching nightmare levels of aaaaAAAA and No, God, Please, No! Inflation is rearing its ugly head and many workers feel like their wallets are getting thinner and thinner. Energy prices are up. The cost of rent is up. Food prices are rising faster than bread yeast. And the stock market is in a pretty confusing place. So, yeah, things are looking pretty grim. And with how everything is costing a bit extra, you (yes, you), have effectively taken a pay cut.
Angel, the founder and moderator of the ‘Humans of Capitalism’ Instagram page, documents the most egregious and dystopian examples of capitalism and corporatism, and shares them with their 351k-strong community of followers. We’ve collected some of their best posts, showing the worst side of the reality you’re currently living in, to share with you today, Pandas. Scroll down to lose your faith in humanity (though if you want it back again later, take a peek at our super wholesome post full of animals and awesome people).
If you enjoyed this list and would like to see some more apocalyptic, soul-draining economic stuff, feel free to check out Bored Panda’s previous feature of the ‘Humans of Capitalism’ project in this article right here.
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Yup. And stop saying "expat" for Europeans or Americans who go live in another country, especially poorer countries. Just say "immigrant"
While the story has a sliver of truth (Reflective paint was tested on reindeer in Finland in 2014, the test failed along with similar others) the photo is fake and is part of a series by a visual designer and digital artist https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-glowingantlers-finland-idUSL1N2OP2K9
During an earlier in-depth interview, Angel, the founder of ‘Humans of Capitalism,’ opened up about their project and shared their thoughts about economics with Bored Panda.
"I was inspired by a lot of things, like the absurdism of the current capitalistic system and its flaws, the injustice that 99% of the people experience every day while they are at work, shopping, and home," they told us about what made them create the Instagram page in the first place.
The "myself" looks greyed out (i.e. it would not do anything if clicked). Presumably it's a standard "form" but that option has been disabled for when requesting death certificates.
According to Angel, consumers are bombarded, non-stop, with information to build up their consumerist spirit so they can keep capitalism alive."A not-so-famous movie from the late '80s, 'They Live' (1988), explains this concept perfectly. I believe everyone should watch it if they want to combat the urge of consumerism and mind control," they told us.
In their opinion, “human greed cannot be measured,” which leads capitalism to evolve into corporatism.
My workplace has a few child-friendly office rooms for short term situations when parents have no childcare available. It's actually a good thing, as the alternative would be unpaid leave for the parent. So this picture might simply be something similar.
Pretty sure this is not an office workspace but a *library* and the woman is simply a patron. So it's even less of an issue and in fact should be a no-brainer - I mean, what's the alternative, parents needing child care even for stuff they do in their leisure time?
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Hello, former library worker here. These pods are designed so parents can study, job hunt etc without having to keep an eye on the kidlet. As someone who spent a LOT of time chasing down toddlers because their parent was distracted by research etc, these are actually a good thing that is helping parents get stuff done while knowing their child is safe.
A public library builds a desk for parents with small kids to access needed services an this is seen a dystopian thing.... ?
This is clearly a library of some kind, and it's a very clever setup !
Absolutely not! I would've cried tears of joy seeing this when my kids were little
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I think it seems including and a good thing - in a library/public place. I'm thinking for necessary things like job searching. I don't see this as a good idea for working though... the kid won't be happy in there for long...so more of a temporary thing for a few minutes.
This is fantastic. Many parents want to work outside the home, and this workplace looks amazing.
Ive got to say this should be normalized I understand if you work at a dangerous place but if you work at place like this. For parents to make ends meet it be nice if they would let this be okay.
I could be wrong, but it looks like this is actually a library, not an office. So, not a bad idea, actually.
In Denmark you are allowed to have 1 day free if you kid are sick and get full paid. That goes for both parents. If your child are sick for long time, 3 weeks or more, you can gets paid up to 80 procent of your wage. All this is paid due to taxes and unions. I love my country for so many reason. And yes I got loads of mony to live for, because I don't have to pay to go to the hospital or doctors, or school or highschool or university. All those things are free.
This is a library, not an office. And, no, all companies do not allow work from home.
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"We often see many small businesses collapsing because they are not able to fight with the current trend or to combat with the giant competitors. So they have two options, close the business or sell it," Angel pointed out that small businesses have to constantly compete with well-established, powerful companies.
"We have many companies that have been bought by enormous giants that I do not want to mention and they won't stop there, they are trying to get their hands on any business category. Is there a solution for it? I believe that there can be some solutions, but capitalists will work and find a way to bypass those solutions and continue with the destruction of the system while being totally ignorant about it.”
In their opinion, all systems, whether we’re talking about capitalism or socialism, can eventually become corrupt. This happens when ‘bad’ behavior isn’t punished.
"If we go back in time where socialism or communism were at their prime, we can see that the top of the head of the system was corrupted and that resulted with the fall of the system," they pointed out that corruption was endemic in these cases.
According to Angel, humanity as a whole may be moving toward a “utopia” of "automated communism where machines will produce, deliver, and take care of food supply, clothing, health." Though that still leaves the question as to who will control the distribution system and how it operates. That’s where the power is. What’s more, some people will end up losing their jobs as they become replaced by machines.
"The idea of getting free food, water, health, clothing, is nice and, in reality, if we take a closer look at the current system we can see that more people are let off and replaced by machines. For example, we can see that McDonald's workers are fired and they have been replaced with machines that work on touch or by sound and they take orders, forward orders to the employees, etc."
The founder of ‘Humans of Capitalism’ told Bored Panda that, eventually, more and more people will lose their jobs due to automatization with barely any need for human input. That way, businesses will be able to maximize their profits and reduce employee costs.
How does dancing like a moron for the amusement of idiots help the war effort?
"I believe that 50 years from now machines will provide food, clothing, healthcare services, and much more, by themselves, with little to no employees monitoring them. But there is an issue with that. You will leave millions of people jobless and cause huge riots as the famous quote from Jean-Jacques Rousseau goes: 'When the people shall have no more to eat, they will eat the rich.'"
You know, when we envisioned living in a cyberpunk dystopia, we thought we'd have a lot more neon and cool body modifications. Alas!
Tell us how you're dealing with all the recent financial pressure, dear Pandas. Are you worried about the future or are you hopeful? How do you stay optimistic during hard times? What would you change about the way the world runs if you could do anything? We'd love to hear your thoughts.
Near me on the last shopping weekend before Christmas 2020, at the entrance to a major supermarket, blocking the entrance for everyone, the idiots in charge thought having the town brass band play was a good idea. The number of covid cases that Christmas was huge and we went back into lockdown.
Not sure how this shows 'most egregious and dystopian examples of capitalism and corporatism'?
Note: this post originally had 77 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
At least half of these are not "dystopian" they're mainly clickbait headlines designed to elicit a response from people who think everything to do with the modern world is bad.
This is a clickbait site with copied content. What were you expecting.
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It's like a failed attempt to attack the Great Capitalism. But most of the pictures just depicts human behavior.
@Novel Idesa : Why old ? Already the title has nothing to do with the content, let's not add a supposed generation conflict based on prejudice.
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It's kind of sad we just joke about the nightmare millions of us are experiencing. Not taking it seriously is what these rich folks want. Denial and mocking the horrible things that are happening is just sad. But I guess since we can't change it or fix it we laugh to keep ourselves from crying.
At least half of these are not "dystopian" they're mainly clickbait headlines designed to elicit a response from people who think everything to do with the modern world is bad.
This is a clickbait site with copied content. What were you expecting.
Load More Replies... It's like a failed attempt to attack the Great Capitalism. But most of the pictures just depicts human behavior.
@Novel Idesa : Why old ? Already the title has nothing to do with the content, let's not add a supposed generation conflict based on prejudice.
Load More Replies... It's kind of sad we just joke about the nightmare millions of us are experiencing. Not taking it seriously is what these rich folks want. Denial and mocking the horrible things that are happening is just sad. But I guess since we can't change it or fix it we laugh to keep ourselves from crying.
