Capitalism Manufactures Scarcity

Under capitalism, food isn't produced to feed people, it's produced to make a profit. When it's not profitable to feed people, we let them starve. Even when our labor has conquered scarcity, capitalism must manufacture it in order to justify its existence.

A blue, naked humanoid sits alone on a barren pink alien landscape beneath a starry sky. The caption argues that capitalism prioritizes profit over feeding people and deliberately creates scarcity to justify its existence. It is used as a grimly political reaction to discussions of capitalism, poverty, hunger, and economic inequality.

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