#existential comics
Capitalism began in England around the 16th century. They immediately went on to colonize half the planet in search of new markets, committed multiple genocides, traded slaves, and engaged in constant war.
In school we learn about how communism is evil because of a famine.
~ @existentialcoms
Aliens: “Explain to us: How do you decide how to allocate resources and who does what work on Earth?”
Capitalist: [showing charts] “So you see, on Earth we have a free market, so resources are efficiently allocated to meet the needs of the people based on market principles like supply and demand.
Entrepreneurs own the factories and workers sell their labor to them.”
Aliens: “How can you ‘own’ a factory?”
Capitalist: “The easy. You just have a piece of paper saying that you do, and the state enforces it with police.”
Aliens: “But what I don’t understand is why do the workers obey the people with the pieces of paper that say they own everything?”
Capitalist: “No, they aren’t obeying them. They are entering into a free contract in order to earn the money they need to survive.”
Aliens: “That sounds a lot like how we kept beasts of burden as slaves in our primitive societies.”
Capitalist: “No, you aren’t getting it. It is freedom.”
Aliens: “I don’t understand why don’t the workers, being the larger class, simply destroy and eat the smaller class who commands them?”
Capitalist: [A scornful silent stare]
“Let me show you some of the charts again…”
Artist: Existential Comics
PRETTY GOOD FOR A MONDAY, By Andrew Greenstone. In this issue: Sleeplust, West Coast Weekend, and Molly Moore play at The Satellite in Los Angeles.
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