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When modern capitalism started, it was full of promises of a better, brighter future. But as we pass its 300th anniversary, it becomes clear that innovation and improvement don't come without consequences. The consumerism that capitalism kicked off now poses a huge threat to our environment and the technological advancements are dwindling our self-awareness, declining our cognitive abilities, and riddling us with anxiety and depression.

Sadly, these are just a few things that make up the capitalist dystopia we currently live in. The Instagram account ‘Humans of Capitalism’ we’re featuring today is full of examples that further illustrate the eerie consequences of corporate power we encounter daily. Scroll down to find them, and be sure to let us know your thoughts below. 

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A Jones
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2 years ago

Can I get a copy of this shirt, just asking for a friend. ;J

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    The Mediterranean Fruit
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    2 years ago

    That’s funny, and clever

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    Michael P (Perthaussieguy)
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    2 years ago

    Must be in USA

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    Pyla
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    2 years ago

    I’d get my kidney back

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago

    More worthwhile to take a CPR/First Aid course.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago

    Wow. She's had her eyes on her phone for so long she forgot what the natural world looks like.

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    Amber White
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    2 years ago

    This should have been in Idiocracy…

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices how greedy and out of touch shareholders are. They should have 0 input into management decisions.

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    Amy Manzanares
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    2 years ago

    You are unique. Just like everyone else.

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    Pyla
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    2 years ago

    Irony slipping into farce

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    ZuriLovesYou
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    2 years ago

    I hope you're right.

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    René Sauer
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    2 years ago

    Sad...

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    Pyla
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    2 years ago

    That might actually hurt

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    lovemy suffolk
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    2 years ago

    Wow.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago (edited)

    How could anyone breathe?

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    ZuriLovesYou
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    2 years ago (edited)

    Celebrities are so bad at pretending they care.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago

    What is the big deal about those cups?

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Eat my..cupcake

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    Multa Nocte
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    2 years ago

    Ouch!

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    lovemy suffolk
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    2 years ago

    I wear a sign like this at work sometimes. It rude not to respond to folks when they talk to you, but yeah, I can easily chat the day away and then I don't get my actual work done, Which then causes me stress.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago

    This is just cleaver.

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    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Well, duh

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    René Sauer
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    2 years ago

    I have never flown, but I wanna punch that guy.

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    René Sauer
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    2 years ago

    *lol* genius.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago

    Imagine drivers sleep driving while being paid to crash into people's homes because there's a house in the way of their route in their lucid dream.

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    YakFactory
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    2 years ago

    What's so good about having almost the same photo as thousands of other people? Put the phone down and just enjoy the experience.

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    Paul Gerrard
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    2 years ago

    Las vegas beggar. Costume people who extort cash from tourists who take a photo..

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    The Mediterranean Fruit
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    2 years ago

    Yes

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    ZuriLovesYou
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    2 years ago

    No thanks.

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    Amber White
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    2 years ago

    and thus starts the story of how something that should have been left alone was unleashed

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    LB
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    2 years ago (edited)

    At least this should be easy to clean up I guess? What I find strange is the composition of the trash, mostly blue water bottles.

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    Stephen Littley
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    2 years ago (edited)

    If only they had some sort of natural wrapper....

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    Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero"
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    For some people, this may be the only way they can go, or afford to go "to the beach".

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    Lost Penny
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    2 years ago (edited)

    TIL that "...'Lorem Ipsum blah-blah-blah' is a well-known placeholder text commonly referred to as 'Lorem Ipsum.' It is derived from a work by Cicero, a Roman statesman and philosopher, and is used in the design and typesetting industries to demonstrate the visual form of a document without relying on meaningful content." So basically it's the "Text goes here" thing. BP is educational.

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    I'm a Jimmy
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    2 years ago

    Very interesting debate actually. The US outlaws selling kidneys, and there is a huge shortage. Not so in most other countries, with respect to both. A few years back an economist built a match software which allowed trades, as in I’m not a match for my sister, but I will be willing to give my kidney to someone else, if someone else can secure a kidney for her.” It has been wildly successful, include 3-way trades.

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    Khavrinen
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    2 years ago

    Sometimes modern problems *can* have very old solutions.

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    Child of the Stars
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    2 years ago

    I didn't want to celebrate my divorce (I don't hate my ex-husband, we just weren't a good fit anymore). Nor did I feel particularly sad about it (I'd grieved the end of my marriage long before it actually ended). Mostly, I just felt relief when it was done.

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    Debby Keir
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    2 years ago

    For putting out posh fires.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago

    Geebus. I thought she wasn't wearing any pants for a moment and she had some tan lines.

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    JJ
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    2 years ago

    Probably more respectful than most people on planes

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    Kira Okah
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    2 years ago

    This was an accident. She got free and is fine.

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    Jrog
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    2 years ago

    Chris Rankin, a 21-year-old from Glen Waverley, Melbourne. Was travelling along the Monash Freeway when near the Malvern Rd exit a car wheel bounced off a vehicle and hit the car on the windscreen. He asked a cop to snap a commemorative photo while they were doing the survey of the crash scene. Nothing to do with "capitalism"

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    deejak
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    2 years ago

    What? That baby is too young to gamble.

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    Pyla
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    2 years ago

    One of those fake toy guys on tiktok no doubt.

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    Hphizzle
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    2 years ago

    I don’t have a personality, so it’s a good thing I have money.

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    laura lee
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    2 years ago

    He's just Ken?

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    Jrog
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    2 years ago (edited)

    Flying Tiger, a chain of stores specializing in funny and quirky cheap products. What's the issue with capitalism here, it's just a joke.

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    iseefractals
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    2 years ago

    This is overkill, but about 15 years ago i did have a monitor arm mounted directly over my bed when i was recovering from a back injury, and it was awesome.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago

    I'm not getting this one.

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    Hphizzle
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    2 years ago

    I would 100% do this. You couldn’t pay me to go up in an actual hot air balloon.

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    LB
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    2 years ago

    ?

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    Michael P (Perthaussieguy)
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    2 years ago

    Cool :)

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    Jeff Keller
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    2 years ago

    Maybe it's the family who lives there having a gender reveal party?

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    The Mediterranean Fruit
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    2 years ago

    AI?

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    I'm a Jimmy
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    2 years ago

    The promise of communism “you’d spend your time on your talents of art and music, while the guy who is talented at farming will feed you!” The reality of communism, “the state has decide your talent is working 72 hr weeks in coal mines on Svalbard… report to the shipyard in 6 hrs.”

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    Kira Okah
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    2 years ago

    What is the context?

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    René Sauer
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    2 years ago

    Why is that here? You would rather have an ugly, undisguised phone tower in nature?

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    LB
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    2 years ago

    No. This doesn't belong here, the patient is likely conscious and enjoying the distraction.

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