“Keeping The Class War Classy”: 45 Posts And Memes From “The Other 98%” Facebook Page With A Whopping 6.7M Followers
The Other 98% is almost all of us. This is the idea behind the activist organization that uses their internet presence to fight for things like increasing minimum wage and opposing favorable tax treatment for large corporations. Originally founded by left-of-center activists John Sellers and Andrew Boyd in 2010, it was a direct response to the conservative Tea Party movement.
Today, the organization targets complex and intertwined issues like economic justice, reproductive justice, climate justice, big pharma, democracy, and racial justice. So no wonder they've gained a cult following. Serving as a massive online storytelling machine, The Other 98% has a whopping 6.7M followers on their Facebook page.
According to The Other 98%, they are now “winning the meme warfare with some of the internet’s most viral original political content.” And this is one hell of a war to win, having in mind the countless amount of content that gets regurgitated online not just every single day, but per millisecond. “Keeping the Class War classy!” shouts their slogan, and those memes, they are priceless.
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The Other 98% uses meme warfare and savvy boots-on-the-ground actions to challenge the corporations and billionaires that have hijacked our democracy, claims the description on their website. “We fight like hell for an America that works for the other 98% of us.”
According to The Other 98%, whoever wins the battle of the story wins the war. So the organization specializes in fighting this battle of the story through meme warfare with some of the internet’s most viral original political content. “Our massive online storytelling machine aims to disentangle complex policy, connect dots between issues like climate justice and reparations, and provide a home for like-minded — and not so like-minded — people to take ownership of these memes, and fight for them accordingly,” they claim.
Those @s$holes asked for it! If they had been real men they would have assisted the ladies.
Their content reaches 7-15 million people every day, making them the most important voice of social, economic, reproductive, racial and other forms of justice out there in the US. “We know that storytelling can change the world, because we've seen it happen again and again,” they claim positively.
Andrew Boyd is the author, activist and in his words “prankster of social change” also known as the co-founder of The other 98% and the man behind the “Billionaires For Bush” campaign. Together with Dave Oswald Mitchell, he edited “Beautiful Trouble. A Toolbox For Revolution,” which serves as a kind of instruction manual for creative activism.
In this interview, Boyd shared his thoughts on his vision of creativity meeting activism: “I am speaking of these sort of moments, whether it is a TAZ or an extraordinary epiphany moment, a carnival moment; whether it is in the streets of Seattle or in Occupy Wall Street, with its utopian longings. Or maybe it can be some of these lovely Critical Mass transitory moments. Bringing utopia into history, to make that happen – even if it´s just for a moment and on a localized place and experiencing it – affects you on a very visceral level.”
*GASP* Someone with an insane and unimaginable amount of money, forced to give a incrementally small percent of their vast fortune away just like people in poverty, with barley enough to eat?! The HORROR! /s
Moreover, Boyd argues that it affects us at the level of our nervous systems, of our whole beings and bodies and souls, “as opposed to just an intellectual argument.” He explained that “if you experience direct democracy, or an intimate community, or just an otherwise impoverished urban space suddenly made beautiful, it alters everything.”
The Other 98% follows this concept of taking a comical approach towards complex subjects, using the voice of the internet, and memes in particular, to spread the message.
Do you think this would all be Musk's job? I don’t want to defend him, all the super-rich definitely should pay higher taxes, but I don’t think it would be his job to repair bridges or give teachers a higher salary just because he has money.
No, of course not. It's not his job and he can spend his money the way he wants to. The thing is, if he paid sufficient taxes, there'd be more money in the government to do it themselves. Then again... there's the issue with government for some reason not passing bills which would get things done.
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Teacher here as well — OMG, right? I got tingles thinking about it.
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The whole real estate has to be fixed, worldwide. Then we won’t need to cover rent for almost anyone, because I bet 90% of the unhoused are completely able to pay REASONABLE rent
The working homeless! That never used to be a common phrase!
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Sad all the homes that are standing empty but banks would rather throw people out than have a family living there keeping the place up.
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I don't want to defend him, but people seem to forget that there is no big building with 44 billion in US dollars. It's money existing in shares and such, not 'physical'. I agree that he should pay taxes and stop spending it on prestige projects.
@Walter Bravenboer: Well, to your point, I don't get a physical paycheck anymore either. It's electronically deposited in my account. It doesn't mean I still can't use it to pay my bills (also often electronically, by the way.) I also still pay taxes. What keeps Musk, Bezos, et. al. from doing the same on the money they make? If we go with what you say, the rich will just get all the richer and those who are struggling will drown. Think about it.
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The roads... we pay fuel taxes for that, public teachers are paid through the property tax and we pay federal taxes for programs like HUD.. how about the government use the money taken from us for what it is for instead of getting them and their buddies rich.
I really do not understand how these people can justify their immense wealth when hundreds are on the verge of starving in their own country.
I hope Musk will buy FB next and stop their rabid censors from deleting my moderately conservative posts...
If ALL people and corporations in ALL countries paid their fair share of taxes, none of these would be issues. It is reprehensible that governments have set up a system to deliberately enable the rich to get richer and do so little for the impoverished. And blaming victems is what the advantaged do. Governments also spend inappropriately. Whatever happened to working FOR the people. ie ALL the people.
326,000 unhoused people where? There are twelve million homeless people in America. Which 326,000 of them are we talking about?
Ok but you have to say this about Oprah and every other million and billionaire. It can't just be his sole responsibility.
Oh absolutely, but for some reason people love musk
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It's not his responsibility to take care of the masses. It would be nice for the help sit the thought. But he had a great idea and built his dream and made millions and billions off of it.
No, he bought tesla and has always been incredibly priviliged. He pays nowhere near enough taxes as well
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It shouldn't be up to him though should it? it's not his responsibility. That's what the government is meant to do.
He needs to be taxed a hell of a lot more than he currently is
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Wow. Being able to take all homeless people off the street and give them a start at a life... you know, having an address so you can get a job, but also, not die from sleeping on the streets. I mean literally since I was a kid I wanted to get a good job so that I could help homeless people. So this hits me right in the gut that he has THAT amount to be able to help that many people that profoundly for that long. SO much could be done with that. That f*****g sucks that he's spending it on toy rockets instead.
"Help US instead". Ye sure, go ask for a south african billionarie to help one of the wealthiest country in the world. I guess its about time to americans recognize that there are other countries in the world, and in more need. Next time, go ask your own for help at least
Musk is a citizen of the U.S., and has built his empire in the U.S. He should definitely be helping U.S. citizens.
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I want to know how much each of you makes so that I can tell you how, exactly, to spend your money.
Man these posts r ridiculous. Blame the politicians not him they're leaches
Well all those former owners can also do these things since they ow have the 44b. Right?
And then who saves democracy and the climate? Easier to hate on Elon than to vote Democratic/Progressive.
I am just asking but if he buys Twitter, he would gain more money off of it, that he could potentially reinvest into things like those? Just asking
If we don't tax them we are going to have to eat them! Eat the rich!
When the USA was at war in the middle east it cost taxpayers 700 million a day, but hey let's ask one guy to fix all these problems. Maybe blame your government not an individual.
Why dont they do this? They literally can wipe their a*s with a billion and not miss it!
Yes, teacher need this y’all. A good teacher does so much. Analyze data, formulate plans that support kids where a crappy curriculum does not, push kids to their true potential, work with parents and families (or not depending on circumstance). Then they deal with behavior and trauma all day long too. If the US is every going to change, it starts with public education. So sad that big money has a hold on that too.
It's kind of silly how people expect rich people to just pay for things just because they're rich.
literally, we just want them to pay their fair share of taxes
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You have to be a certain kind of psychopath to amass that kind of wealth and turn such a blind eye to the needs of the world.
People thought he was great until he wanted to buy Twitter and stop denying people free speech. All of a sudden, he's awful. A massive propaganda campaign against him is in full swing, and if you have bought into it, I feel sorry for you.
I thought he was trash before he bought twitter. Being a billionaire is inherently unethical
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What charity did Elon Musk give to? Last year, he gave $50 million to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. He also donated about $30 million to a variety of public schools and nonprofits in south Texas, where SpaceX builds its rockets. His private foundation's latest IRS filing shows he donated 11,000 Tesla shares to the charity in 2019.
Musk is the worst. Not only does he have his head so far up trump's a$$ that he can't tell what day it is, but the way he talks about American workers is disgusting. There was an interview with him where he says American workers should be working like the Chinese, working until 3am and sleeping at their job sites (wtf on working conditions in China and wtf is he thinking) It has also recently come to light that he is a misogynistic pig who is completely okay with harassing female employees, paying them off, and forcing them to sign NDAs (I mean...he supports trump so I'm not terribly surprised there) He makes me want to vomit.
That's why it's called a vanity project and not philanthropy. The guys are royal douchebag and I don't understand why people expect him to act differently
Don't hate he is planning something really big stay tuned
You sound crazy. And free speech only applies to the government
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Being a woman in a man's world s*cked 500 years ago, it s*cks today
Progress is making the race easier for others to help them catch up......not adding more hurdles and expect them to crawl through barb wires like you were FORCED to.
Boss: "Hey, I need you to come in today... there are some important meetings that are gonna be hosted." Me: "Going outside will literally boil your innards and melt your skin, I don't think a meeting is worth that." Boss: "DO YOU WANT THAT HOLIDAY BONUS?! DO YOU KNOW HOW REPLACABLE YOU ARE?!" Me: " *Sigh* alright."
Is a stimulus because they somehow spend that money on a offshore bank account that makes money for them and no one else? (:
I have existed under different economic systems. It's not capitalism or communism or socialism that is problem. It's greed. Every system will fail under this obscene greed displayed by our leaders ( both political and corporate). They hold up capitalism as bait to distract you from the real problem. That they are getting rich off our hard work. Stop fighting each other and start holding our leaders accountable for failing us.
I live in India. I work for an American giant. My earning puts me in top 5% of my country. And I still can't afford a 2BHK in my city. Part of the blame also needs to be put on real estate market and factors driving it up.
This is f###ing CRIMINAL!!! If he's paid back $175,000, that's more than TWICE the original loan - and he still owes even more. This is usury, plain and simple. The greedy scum that make loans like this need to be rounded up, stripped of all their ill-gotten wealth, publicly humiliated, and locked up the rest of their worthless lives in a privately-owned prison with rotten food and underpaid guards who have attitudes.
The fact that the minimum wage has not increased in 12 years is damnable. But try to raise it, and a chorus of right-wing knot-heads holler garbage about destroying jobs, $25 hamburgers, and robotized fast-food restaurants.
I quit my government job to take a job as a public school teacher. I'm a good budgeter and to pay for my apartment solo means that my savings is not so slowly deprecating as my salary (to teach children) doesn't cover my expenses to live without roommates
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I just don’t understand the “I had to suffer, so you should to” mentality. Or the “I had to pay these student loans, so you should to” gripes. How about you take that line of thinking/ anger and turn it towards the system that has created the problem in the first place? Get mad at the people who are profiting from these loans. Get mad at the corporations that pay c**p wages, not each other. Ahh yes, the brainwashing from media and our “representatives” in the senate/congress will never let that happen.
The wealthy promulgate this attitude. If we're all bitching about one another, we're not paying attention to the wealthy robbing us blind.
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The "great" USA has a lot more than 99 problems. Many of them stem from corporate greed. The ultra-rich and big corporations have a stranglehold on Congress, and own the hearts and souls of dozens of pundits working for TV and newspapers. Hell, they own a lot of news sources, which parrot their B.S. Conservative editorialists and cartoonists defecate their propaganda to try to bamboozle the public into believing the delusion that we call the "Great American Dream." Here is a must-watch video about private equity, the vilest of the vile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaSn0iqzVv4
And once again it seems like the majority of the memes refer to US problems. It isn't all sunny elsewhere, but especially the lacking union and massive medical/- student loan things look like a foreign concept here in Germany
Very true and it just opens us up to a lot of anti-america sentiment. I know we're not a perfect country but our laws are not necessarily our people. We do have a lot of people trying to change things around here but it's hard when the rich can afford their own lobbyists.
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US healthcare should be fixed asap., no way should anyone go bankrupt over a sick child or anyone sick. Thankfully I live in Canada and enjoy free healthcare for life. Also our min. wage in Ont. is about 15 going to 16 soon but should be 20-25 an hour. Costs are out of control and wages need to keep up.
People: You don't have savings??😳😳😬 Me: No. Unfortunately I choose to have a place to live and food with my money...instead of saving it and starving.
*bp pyramid scheme bot voice* I make 7.25 an hour and have no chance to even rent an apartment! Gas prices have rocketed, but I don't worry since I know that the billionaires and millionaires will help me! Life has no point anymore!
I think about this thing a lot: https://www.reddit.com/r/COMPLETEANARCHY/comments/jauuvo/korean_dragons_are_comrades/ the Yeongno is a korean legend (I am so sorry if I’m getting this wrong) that eats rich people. If it eats 100 of them, the yeongno can go to heaven 😊
Yeah entitled to a living wage, healthcare, a home and food and clean water? That's what being entitled means to you These things are human rights that every other first world country has even the capitalist/socialist countries. The only people that benefit from democratic socialism in the US are the wealthy while they brainwash the masses of it's evils have been born into their wealth. They did not earn it. It was generational. You are not a soon to be millionaire dude. That's not how it works in this day and age. No one works up or works hard into being a millionaire, it is handed to you by your relatives. 691 billionaires in the US all of them come from generational wealth. Not one worked hard for it. They own all the wealth all of it.
Load More Replies... Stop bitching about how wealthy people are taking advantage of everyone else. In my business I have met many and many wealthy people, and let me tell you, I've never met a more miserable set of people in my life. Their lives are no better than ordinary people, they just have bigger problems. If you're a miserable f-ck it doesn't matter how much money you have. I'd rather live in my little house and feel that I don't owe anybody anything, maybe have to scratch around sometimes to pay my bills, but I'm happy to work and pay my own way. Everyone who is bitching about how billionaires should be giving money to everyone would probably be as tight fisted as possible
I just don’t understand the “I had to suffer, so you should to” mentality. Or the “I had to pay these student loans, so you should to” gripes. How about you take that line of thinking/ anger and turn it towards the system that has created the problem in the first place? Get mad at the people who are profiting from these loans. Get mad at the corporations that pay c**p wages, not each other. Ahh yes, the brainwashing from media and our “representatives” in the senate/congress will never let that happen.
The wealthy promulgate this attitude. If we're all bitching about one another, we're not paying attention to the wealthy robbing us blind.
Load More Replies... The "great" USA has a lot more than 99 problems. Many of them stem from corporate greed. The ultra-rich and big corporations have a stranglehold on Congress, and own the hearts and souls of dozens of pundits working for TV and newspapers. Hell, they own a lot of news sources, which parrot their B.S. Conservative editorialists and cartoonists defecate their propaganda to try to bamboozle the public into believing the delusion that we call the "Great American Dream." Here is a must-watch video about private equity, the vilest of the vile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaSn0iqzVv4
And once again it seems like the majority of the memes refer to US problems. It isn't all sunny elsewhere, but especially the lacking union and massive medical/- student loan things look like a foreign concept here in Germany
Very true and it just opens us up to a lot of anti-america sentiment. I know we're not a perfect country but our laws are not necessarily our people. We do have a lot of people trying to change things around here but it's hard when the rich can afford their own lobbyists.
Load More Replies... US healthcare should be fixed asap., no way should anyone go bankrupt over a sick child or anyone sick. Thankfully I live in Canada and enjoy free healthcare for life. Also our min. wage in Ont. is about 15 going to 16 soon but should be 20-25 an hour. Costs are out of control and wages need to keep up.
People: You don't have savings??😳😳😬 Me: No. Unfortunately I choose to have a place to live and food with my money...instead of saving it and starving.
*bp pyramid scheme bot voice* I make 7.25 an hour and have no chance to even rent an apartment! Gas prices have rocketed, but I don't worry since I know that the billionaires and millionaires will help me! Life has no point anymore!
I think about this thing a lot: https://www.reddit.com/r/COMPLETEANARCHY/comments/jauuvo/korean_dragons_are_comrades/ the Yeongno is a korean legend (I am so sorry if I’m getting this wrong) that eats rich people. If it eats 100 of them, the yeongno can go to heaven 😊
Yeah entitled to a living wage, healthcare, a home and food and clean water? That's what being entitled means to you These things are human rights that every other first world country has even the capitalist/socialist countries. The only people that benefit from democratic socialism in the US are the wealthy while they brainwash the masses of it's evils have been born into their wealth. They did not earn it. It was generational. You are not a soon to be millionaire dude. That's not how it works in this day and age. No one works up or works hard into being a millionaire, it is handed to you by your relatives. 691 billionaires in the US all of them come from generational wealth. Not one worked hard for it. They own all the wealth all of it.
Load More Replies... Stop bitching about how wealthy people are taking advantage of everyone else. In my business I have met many and many wealthy people, and let me tell you, I've never met a more miserable set of people in my life. Their lives are no better than ordinary people, they just have bigger problems. If you're a miserable f-ck it doesn't matter how much money you have. I'd rather live in my little house and feel that I don't owe anybody anything, maybe have to scratch around sometimes to pay my bills, but I'm happy to work and pay my own way. Everyone who is bitching about how billionaires should be giving money to everyone would probably be as tight fisted as possible
