All you gotta do is pedal hard enough to break the chain and ride straight up the wall.
You can make it if you just believe in yourself!
(although in reality that wall is 10 miles high)
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You can only make it to the top by stepping on other people's shoulders
I'd prefer to just spawn at the top, and never have to contemplate that pedaling life.
It not a massive gap like that, but it's tall enough and far enough away that 99.9% of people who try, fall.
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capitalism is great for capitalists, they live like gods
It's very hard to be a capitalist, you have to scam people and lie to get good deals
The majority of capitalists pay people to do that, they've never worked.
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now you have to use your own unicycle and smart phone app at the same time but you can't use the smart phone while on the unicycle.
and while you must smile you are not allowed to sing.
Hmm as long as I can paint my unicycle and have a big cool wheel
Brutal.
I agree with this image, and I'm quite curious to see what "rich" tastes like... But I feel like the mechanics of this picture took me a second or two longer than it should to understand.
Edit: like are they balancing their unicycles on the larger cylinder? They must have really good balance to manage that for more than a second. And if that is true, what happens if they fall forwards? I see the danger if them falling backwards, but does that mean they just can't fall forwards?
it's illustrating how they have to work really hard in a very precarious conditions to keep the system running. Falling off is equivalent to losing your job/savings and ending up on the street.
I think ultimately it is just that they are working to turn the cylinder that moves the cog that elevates the resources upward and then they're hoping they get some overspill.
I do get that ultimately that is what the picture is coveying, and I agree with the message, but if the physics of it make me pause, it detracts from the message.
I guess I see what you're saying, especially since there's a call-out to someone falling backwards on the left side.
If I had to guess it's to showcase the grind can't last forever, but I suppose it could introduce that ambiguity that causes pause.
I feel like it just paints an absurd situation. They're in a precarious situation and can lose their balance and fall forward or backward. I don't think there's anything weird with the physics if you accept it's supposed to be an absurd situation.
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Memes should be entertaining and/or funny. This one is neither :(
Memes are just general concepts that spread within the culture. It's a way to transmit an idea. Meanwhile, what's funny or entertaining is in the eye of the beholder. Seems like your sense of humor differs from the rest of the community.
Its funny to me
You should look up the definition of the word "meme".
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And the way to change it is to Vote Vote Vote! Vote for the Democrats! This time they are really gonna do it.
If the leftish faction won every time, politics as a whole would shift left. So unironically, yes, vote.
If lobbying and campaign donation stay legal, no matter which politicians you vote, the result will stay the same. The rich and corps can easily buy out any politicians they want
Even then, if a Communist or Socialist party took power, the other mechanisms of the State will work against it. Allende proved this.
Not true, nor can the DNC be considered leftish. The DNC will always act in the interests of their donors and economic interests, hence their unceasing support for genocide despite genocide being unpopular.
The leftish faction won every time, and that's why the democrats are merging with republicans now. 🤡
Yes, and don’t forget to donate to be extra sure. Donate that little money you safe from your three sharing economy jobs (after you payed your rent to Blackstone) to the Democrats, so they can pay a consultant ghoul a six figure salary to think of a new way to market genocide denial.
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That looks more like feudalism.
For Capitalism there should be multiple different money scoops, some better designed than others. There should also be a greased-up rope that leads from the unicycle-bar to the top, showing that it's theoretically possible to rise to a different class, it's just practically impossible.
Capitalism is a dynamic system that evolves over time. The general mechanics of the system lead to increased capital concentration over time, so late stage capitalism starts to look largely indistinguishable from feudalism.
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that lady sux at pedaling!!
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