The person who happily answers "yup" to the first two questions isn't going to understand the meaning of "You're a worker."
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2025
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"I don't wanna lose these chains! They're all that I have!"
The last thing I want to hear is how great capitalism is - as told by someone that capitalism refers to as capital.
wheres that meme about right wing memes vs left wing memes
what's wrong with being a worker? Who is this post making fun about?
This post is not making fun of workers. Too often we see workers identify with rich capitalists and see their own lack of capital as a personal failing. But once we recognize the difference between the two classes we can dispel ourselves of that notion.
Members of the working class sell their labor in order to gain money and buy the necessities of life. The ruling class buys labor in order to see a profit on the money they already have. Since capitalism compels the capitalist to make a profit, they must pay the worker a fraction of the value that the worker creates. (The business owner wants to stay in business and the shareholders demand every-increasing value.) Hence we should not consider ourselves capitalists: we are workers who are being exploited, as necessitated by the system.
In not sure this accurately portrays the message you want it to.
Does the post really come across as saying being a worker is bad and being a capitalist is good? If so, that might say something about the connotations we attach to these terms.
I think it's more how the meme format is usually used.
Oh, I see what you mean. Wupps
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People thinking they're capitalists.
I mean, is "worker" considered a bad word?
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lmao OP thinks this is some kind of eye opening epiphany or something. Workers know they're workers, what they need is the realization who represents them and who is the enemy.
There are ideological capitalists and capital holders.
There are people who are capital holders who are ideologically left economically, some instances as far as full socialist.
There are people who hold little to no capital at all but believe capitalism is the best possible system.
As a percentage of their respective classes though, the later class traitor is unfortunately more common than the former class traitor.
I think we can be both. Most of our pensions depend on it for growth.
Might as well put it with the rich people money, because they rule everything and aren't about to let that shit sink in the long term...
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I don't agree that capitalism is a good system, but I also agree that those who can work should work, because that's the only way society can function and get better.
If we were a hunter gatherer tribe and no one hunted or gathers we would die.
Just because we have cars and computers doesn't mean no one has to grow food or sell food or clean the water and build the houses.
From each according to their ability. To each according to their need.
Get out of here with your ~~Christian~~ Marxist propaganda! /s
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"When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required." - Jesus
Through technology we have become way more productive though. Every increase in productivity can either be used to better the standard of living (assuming that requires more work) or be used to lower the amount of time people have to work. I think the people that want to work just because they like it are a big enough portion of the world population to feed and house every single person on the planet. But instead, the increase in productivity is being gobbled up by a few people at the top. (see productivity / pay gap)
You can work without furthering capitalism. Not everything is for-profit.
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