#capitalism

[scottguy]

It was always about a double standard for business versus consumers.

Yet again, more proof that capitalism was never about "freedom" or "small government".

[gendergraveyard]

Buying second hand is punk!

Upcycling is punk!

Selling/donating old shit is punk!

DIYing is punk!

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[mariaswagdalena]

Good they should be terrified

Gosh.

Must be rough for them.

[mysharona1987]

[catchymemes]

[theconcealedweapon]

"Capitalism allows you to follow your dreams. Socialism forces you to give up your dreams."

Yeah. Keep telling yourself that.

[flipocrite]

How’re those record profits doing?

“...eat my paycheck to paycheck ass, ‘the economy’...”

[seoulciology]

wealth distribution in the us

i am making this post because my brother showed me a really good video that i think most people should watch. although this is not directly korea-related, in the words of bong-joon ho, “we all live under one country: capitalism.”

this video offers an insight on how unfair wealth distribution is under america, and it was created 12 years ago, meaning this unimaginably steep slope has increased. this may be about the us specifically, but most other countries in the world can see a similar slope because of unfair power distribution.

why does this impact korea?

korea, like a lot of other countries, suffered an unimaginable impact from the idea of the “american dream”. however, unlike countries like those in the balkans, for example, this wasn’t just an ideological spread, this was directly pushed on korea during it’s industrialisation because the industrialisation was funded and processed for the benefit of rich, powerful americans.

korea works the way it does under capitalism because that is what america funded it to be as opposed to it’s communist counterparts during the cold war and the korean war. though this is an assumption, i would assume there is a similar slope in korea, especially when considering chaebol families and how small differences in their society from western ones (like the importance of hierarchy) could emphasise this.

this is supported by some statistics i found, including the claim from the korea times that korea’s 10% holds 45% of income shares, a stark difference to its other asian and oceanic counterparts.

conclusion

if you’re interested in economy, sociology, or just the state of the world, this video is only 6 minutes, and it’s really easy to understand. i hope you enjoyed this little blog!

side note about future posts: i will probably be posting many squid game blogs nearing and following the release of season 3, but i will try to pepper in some more serious sociological analyses!

[beauty-funny-trippy]

The Trump administration is manufacturing chaos to distract us from their corruption and their cuts in funding to the poor to benefit the rich oligarchy. They want to keep us overwhelmed: tariffs, stock market collapse, threats of taking Greenland by force, ICE raids, potential U.S. war with Iran, etc. "None of this had to happen." It's all manufactured chaos.

[macro-pulse]

ever feel like the game is rigged? (it is)

You ever just stare at your bank account and think… how?

Like, you’re doing the work. You’re grinding. You have the degree, you have the two jobs, you have the side hustle that’s supposed to be your “passion project” but is really just your “pay the electricity bill” project.

And you’re still broke.

The advice you get is always the same. “Stop buying coffee.” “Be better with money.”

It’s exhausting. And it’s a lie.

Your financial anxiety isn’t a personal failure. It’s a ghost haunting you from an era of big hair and neon leg warmers.

Let’s talk about the 80s.

Back then, a new idea took over America: Reaganomics.

The simple version? Cut taxes for the super-rich and giant corporations. The promise was that the money would “trickle down” to the rest of us.

It didn't trickle. It evaporated on its way down.

What actually happened was that wealth got sucked upwards, into a vacuum. The people at the top got richer than ever, while wages for normal people just… stopped. For forty years.

They dismantled the idea that if you work hard, you get a fair slice of the pie. They rewrote the rules to make sure the house (aka the 1%) always wins.

So, how does that connect to your empty wallet right now?

Those policies created the perfect playground for the next monster to evolve:

The Algorithm.

The gig economy. The freelance hustle. The warehouse job where a computer tracks your bathroom breaks. The delivery app that nudges your pay down, penny by penny.

That’s the ghost of the 80s wearing a tech-bro hoodie.

The system was already designed to squeeze workers. Technology just made it a thousand times more efficient.

It’s a one-two punch:

The Legacy: A system designed to funnel wealth to the top.

The Curse: An algorithm designed to automate that process.

You’re not failing a fair game. You’re playing a rigged one, and the code was written decades ago. It’s not your fault you’re tired. You were designed to be.

[tilbageidanmark]

The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.

[link1n]

Literally Kremlin policy. The only extent asbestos mines are in Russia.

Another Kremlin policy to kill Americans put in place by MAGA traitors.

[unitedfrontvarietyhour]

"Knowledge begins with practice, and theoretical knowledge, which is acquired through practice, must then return to practice. The active function of knowledge manifests itself not only in the active leap from perceptual to rational knowledge, but - and this is more important - it must manifest itself in the leap from rational knowledge to revolutionary practice." - Mao, On Practice (1937)

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