Free Market How’s It Going

Text on the meme

hey FREE MARKET hows it goin? yea

What it means

A four-panel black-and-white comic shows a cheerful businessman presenting a confused character with a huge map of corporate brands. When asked how the free market is going, the character looks at the concentrated web of companies and simply answers, “yea,” sarcastically highlighting corporate monopolies and market consolidation. It is shared as a reaction to jokes about capitalism, corporations, and the illusion of free competition.

Objects

businessman / мужчина-бизнесмен top hat / цилиндр cane / трость smiling cartoon character / улыбающийся мультяшный персонаж corporate ownership map / карта корпоративной собственности brand logos / логотипы брендов comic panels / панели комикса black-and-white drawing / чёрно-белый рисунок speech caption / текстовая подпись Pepsi logo / логотип Pepsi Nestlé logo / логотип Nestlé P&G logo / логотип P&G Mars logo / логотип Mars company connections / связи компаний