The Facebook Page Called ‘Inhumans Of Late Capitalism’ Collects Photos That Show The Ugly Face Of Greed (35 Pics)
“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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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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
I'm really hoping it's an art installation and not in a real classroom.
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It does seem horrible and obnoxiously consumerist but it helps kids connect the idea that letters are part of words and that they represent things. It's not much different from a is for apple. (It always cracks me up that in alphabet books/games, they so often give K is for King and Q is for Queen. Now how, exactly are 2-3 year old American kids expected to know about the concept of a monarchy? Kangaroo would be a lot more sensible a choice for K. Or kite. For Q, how about a quarter? /rant)
What do you mean what do little kids know about the concept of a monarchy? Kids play "Castle" all the time and pretend to be kings, queens, princes, and princesses.
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It IS REAL!! And worse, this is only one of the sets available in the same genre. Google: Brand Name Alphabet Classroom... And CRY!!
How is D not for Disney? I figure this is totally their playing field.
A long time ago there were school textbooks sponsored by big brands. There were things like "Timmy has 2 Mars candy bars and he wants to share with..". This became outlawed and the same states that hurt their population in the name of free markets were trying to preserve it.
Actually I learned words by passing places like Burger King or the Monroe muffler shop by my house it is actually very helpful to use things you see often
Then why not use A as in Apple, F as in Flower, M as in Mother, T as in Tree, etc.
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Unfortunately for some kids this identifies with what they know.I mean in the USA kids at a young age will recognize the McDonald's sign and walmart. My 12 year old when he was a toddler he loved Target because I would let him go in and get one of the toys in the front that used to be just a dollar. Now it's all like $1-$3. But if we ever passed the big Target sign he knew jt.
Except coke, i learnt abt these brands not until i was 17-18 (not American) and i had such an awesome and simple joyous childhood
I learned about these brands when I was a kid (American) and still had a simple and joyous childhood.
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Yeah, surprised this monstrosity didn't use UGGS. I wonder what they used for z? Zenith? Or they not around any more?
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A is for Axiom, your home sweet home. B is for Buy n' Large, your very best friend.
I hope this is out of some context that is maybe a comment on advertisement.
A is for apple! Aircraft! Axolotl! Amalthea! Azerbaijan! Anchor! Albatross! Axe! Anger! Amusement! Alpine!
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Calm down, these are words and logos that children see around them, unless they live off the grid in the woods, those people can have hysterics.
There is no reason not to use neutral environmental objects and concepts for this teaching method. This is definitely intended to push consumerism, by whatever corporation or industry association that “donated” these cards to the school.
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This is environmental print. Alphabet charts like this are used help younger students learn letter sounds using things most, if not all, are familiar with (ex. w, /w/, Walmart). It's not meant to push consumerism, it's just words/logos they can easily identify and see all of the time.
There is no reason not to use neutral environmental objects and concepts for this teaching method. This is definitely intended to push consumerism, by whatever corporation or industry association that “donated” these cards to the school.
Load More Replies... No, laissez-faire capitalism is evil. Unfortunately, the culture of the USA has come to worship capitalism. The nation itself may be selfish and ignorant on the average, but not evil.
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Wow! Really? As if the kids aren't bombarded with commercials enough. This, to me, seems to be a teacher that's just given up.
When youre at home all day playing games and your mom tells you to go play outside 🤡
do not buy from a company thats owned by a man who hoards billions! wealth should be distributed!!
WTF is wrong with the people who make these posters lol
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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Over half of these have little to nothing to do with capitalism, and almost all of the posts are people just whining about modern society.
I don't know which one is more depressive, the post or the some comments here. Many people can't even dream a better world anymore. Even after seeing all these obviously unacceptable examples first thing they do is to take time a try to advocate "business". Even that student loan advertisement should be enough to stfu with your "business is good" b******t for a moment. Just shut up for a moment!! This is coming from a recent graduate with 30k education debt. You know, kind of a debt many of you were not familiar in your college years.
Um, socialism has quite the dark side as well if you do your research.
And all aspects of that can be trickled down to capitalism. If you mean communism, then I will agree with you there. No great power should be given to one person, or a group of persons. Socialism is a community effort though. If you are talking about failures in socialized medicine, then that can all be attributed to certain people wanting to make profit on medicine (capitalism) and influencing the government through funding...
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And all you are using all the tools of "late capitalism" biching about "late capitalism".
Do we have a f*cking choice though? What's wrong with wanting things to be better? We can still have THIS but in an improved way!
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Fight, fight, fight every aspect of this mass consumerism every way possible. Resist, resist, resist the allure and expansion of these mindless profiteers. Let your life be a resistance to the machine!!!
I got too sick of the pro-laissez-faire capitalism comments from cultists to keep looking through this list.
Capitalism literally rewards people for meeting other people's needs. Socialism brings whole nations into poverty. You probably thinking of 'consumerism', not 'capitalism'.
Load More Replies... Whomever is a socialist and gets triggered by capitalism: F**K YOU. Capitalism has lifted more people out of the worst conditions people can live in than anything else in history. F**K YOU for being a hypocrite and using the tools of capitalism to bash it. F**K YOU for wanting to go socialist and hurt.......absolutely everything. You are ignorant. You may as well say "Let them eat cake"
Yep. You simply can't want a better life for yourself or the people around you. Also stop using the word "triggered" for such a minor complaint please.
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Lotta depressing s**t in there. Mostly depressing because 1 - someone thought it would work and, 2 it worked...
You shouldn't use lazy comparisons to try to prove a point. On the capitalistic/socialist spectrum the US is far more capitalistic than western Europe but the US has much worse corruption at this time. Full capitalism is just as bad as full socialism. You just don't realize that there aren't really any fully capitalistic countries that exist to compare to a full socialist country. The US, Western Europe, China and Japan all have a mix of socialism and capitalism. A good balance of the two is what works best right now.
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Over half of these have little to nothing to do with capitalism, and almost all of the posts are people just whining about modern society.
I don't know which one is more depressive, the post or the some comments here. Many people can't even dream a better world anymore. Even after seeing all these obviously unacceptable examples first thing they do is to take time a try to advocate "business". Even that student loan advertisement should be enough to stfu with your "business is good" b******t for a moment. Just shut up for a moment!! This is coming from a recent graduate with 30k education debt. You know, kind of a debt many of you were not familiar in your college years.
Um, socialism has quite the dark side as well if you do your research.
And all aspects of that can be trickled down to capitalism. If you mean communism, then I will agree with you there. No great power should be given to one person, or a group of persons. Socialism is a community effort though. If you are talking about failures in socialized medicine, then that can all be attributed to certain people wanting to make profit on medicine (capitalism) and influencing the government through funding...
Load More Replies... And all you are using all the tools of "late capitalism" biching about "late capitalism".
Do we have a f*cking choice though? What's wrong with wanting things to be better? We can still have THIS but in an improved way!
Load More Replies... Fight, fight, fight every aspect of this mass consumerism every way possible. Resist, resist, resist the allure and expansion of these mindless profiteers. Let your life be a resistance to the machine!!!
I got too sick of the pro-laissez-faire capitalism comments from cultists to keep looking through this list.
Capitalism literally rewards people for meeting other people's needs. Socialism brings whole nations into poverty. You probably thinking of 'consumerism', not 'capitalism'.
Load More Replies... Whomever is a socialist and gets triggered by capitalism: F**K YOU. Capitalism has lifted more people out of the worst conditions people can live in than anything else in history. F**K YOU for being a hypocrite and using the tools of capitalism to bash it. F**K YOU for wanting to go socialist and hurt.......absolutely everything. You are ignorant. You may as well say "Let them eat cake"
Yep. You simply can't want a better life for yourself or the people around you. Also stop using the word "triggered" for such a minor complaint please.
Load More Replies... Lotta depressing s**t in there. Mostly depressing because 1 - someone thought it would work and, 2 it worked...
You shouldn't use lazy comparisons to try to prove a point. On the capitalistic/socialist spectrum the US is far more capitalistic than western Europe but the US has much worse corruption at this time. Full capitalism is just as bad as full socialism. You just don't realize that there aren't really any fully capitalistic countries that exist to compare to a full socialist country. The US, Western Europe, China and Japan all have a mix of socialism and capitalism. A good balance of the two is what works best right now.
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