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“Recording the slow collapse of humanity”—that’s how the Inhumans of Late Capitalism Facebook page explains its mission in life. The page documents just how bizarrely inhumane and immoral life in modern capitalist societies can be by collecting depressingly hilarious pictures from all over the internet.

Scroll down for some of the very best images from Inhumans of Late Capitalism that show the bizarre reality we live in, upvote your fave pics, and let us know what you think in the comments below. And be sure to visit their Facebook page for more awesome content.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep this is true. No one can earn a billion dollars by working, but you can earn a billion dollars by making money off of other people

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bezos' imperium is using every trick in the book and then some in order not to pay taxes basically anywhere! Amazon is forcing locally owned and operated shops to close down, often after having been functioning as de facto 'showrooms' where people check out the goods they want to buy before they order them on-line. IMHO Amazon should be forced to be broken up in smaller entities, it should be forced to pay its taxes in every country it operates, and until that happens: BOYCOTT!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People believe this b******t? The only theft of your wages that occurs is taxation. Your boss earning more than you, even far more than you, is not stealing.

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Shelby Rinck
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not true, you can earn a billion (or more) by having the right idea!

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kurisutofu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ideas are not work. Billionaires have ideas that other people will work to create for them. They then get the money. The ideas are even extraordinary. You could have them but noone will give you money to pay people to realize it for you.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry, but I disagree. If you invent something or have a revolutionary idea, then you can indeed EARN a huge amount of money.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And no one would bother risking all their spare time and life savings on a business idea if there wasn't the possibility of it being all worth it in the end.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Listen up, Wally World! It is not Human Services job to support your employees.

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joe smith
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This. At least buy those people f*****g bikes with baskets, if you want them to be faster you moron!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No thanks! I'd rather have successful people in my country, than everyone be equally poor. No contest.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People who are saying this is false, why then are the billionaire CEOs not paying their workers hundreds of thousands per year even though they can afford it? Because they want to stay billionaires. So no, you can't earn a billion dollars by working by yourself

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Workers aren't paid that much for a lot of reasons. They don't do work that's worth hundreds of thousands per year, the quality of their work efforts are often not worth that much. Most workers call in sick periodically, not everyone works as hard as their co-workers. Many of them don't plan on staying there for a long time, they'd rather move on to something else/somewhere else. You don't need much skill or education to do most of the work when you are a low-level worker. And lastly, the low-level workers don't have as much on the line. Most don't own shares in the company, they didn't invest in the company, and so if it fails, they don't lose as much. A business folds, the owners may lose their homes and lots of their money, but employees just have to find another job.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Certainly paying less than 2% in taxes makes those pockets nice and full of other people's money

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David K. Aycock
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this every day as I fulfill my duties at one of Amazon’s facilities.

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Sheri Williams
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're forgetting that his money would be earning money all by itself.

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Bill
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bezos changed how the world works. Online payments and a marketplace.

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Andrew P Jump
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh Lord, here come the Socialists... he's a Billionaire because people buy his product, gives wages to workers, and they in turn, produce more of his product. Dummies, dummies everywhere...

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Let's have government steal it back for you!

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The Inhumans of Late Capitalism page (not to be confused with the Humans of Late Capitalism social media accounts which is a similar but entirely different horse entirely) has over 178.6k followers, all eagerly waiting for the next juicy post making fun of our dystopian everyday lives.

As many of you have probably realized by now, capitalism is far from a perfect system. But what’s the alternative? Does one even exist? Anyone who’s ever opened up a history book knows that communism isn’t an alternative—it’s just a more brutal dystopia that resulted in the deaths of millions of people. And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

However, things might not be as grim nowadays as we think. For instance, Paul Mason writes in The Guardian that we might be entering the postcapitalist era without even noticing it. The forces driving this are information technology, the rise of the sharing economy, and new ways of working. Mason’s point of view is refreshing because he paints a bright and sunny picture of the future, instead of one where we’re all doomed and fighting global warming, zombies, and the plague on all fronts.

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According to Mason, information technology has reduced the need for work, blurred the “edges between work and free time,” and “loosened the relationship between work and wages.” The amount we have to work will further diminish as automation increases. But that’ll still take a while because our way of thinking has yet to catch up with the power of robotics.

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Mason also states that we’re “seeing the spontaneous rise of collaborative production: goods, services, and organizations are appearing that no longer respond to the dictates of the market and the managerial hierarchy. The biggest information product in the world—Wikipedia—is made by volunteers for free, abolishing the encyclopedia business and depriving the advertising industry of an estimated $3bn a year in revenue.”

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In other words, we’re seeing various new forms of work, ownership, and businesses that will (in the long run) change our society as we know it. But whether or not it’ll be a postcapitalist society or something else entirely, we’ll find out in a few decades.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How sick is that?! Sure, make a person loose their job so you get a discount!

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So you spend money but you are still loitering...ok

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously?! Now they are stressing you... I know it's called fast food but some people (like me) eat slowly!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hmm it's good to set boundaries for your kids en give them a sense of responsibility. But not in the way you are proposing mr Coach-dad wich sons and daughters are probably real sad en feel no self worth because you give them the feeling they are never good enough for your approval.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is probably the case where Chinese people buy shirts that say words in English without them knowing what it means, because English is considered cool. There's plenty of pictures of Chinese children wearing shirts that day obscene things

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

do not buy from a company thats owned by a man who hoards billions! wealth should be distributed!!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's wrong with a handicapped delivery guy? A job is a job, he doesn't seem to mind.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Puccino's is well known for its often self-deprecating humour. From an advertising point of view it seems to be successful.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you love work you will probably like it... that's how that works i think.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My "dad-joke" in the elevator at work is: which floor do you live on... (law firm.. we are really more here than at home..)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Alternative translation: "you should find somewhere else to eat".

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