Victims of Communism vs Capitalism

Text on the meme

Victims of Communism Victims of Capitalism Beth DeBold @eliza_audacis My hotel room in London comes with a duck and like...I don’t need a duck, but the card says “this duck is yours to take home and join you on your future travels” and yes I am fully aware that this is manipulative capitalism at its finest but I CAN’T JUST LEAVE EDWIN HELLO, I'M EDWIN

What it means

A split-image meme contrasts a mass collection of skulls and historical victims labeled “Victims of Communism” with a woman’s tweet about a hotel giving her a yellow rubber duck named Edwin. The joke sarcastically treats mild emotional manipulation by capitalism as a greater personal burden than mass political violence, because she cannot abandon the duck. It is used as an absurd reaction to feeling emotionally attached to an unnecessary purchase or gift.

Who

Beth DeBold

Objects

human skulls / человеческие черепа mass grave / братская могила historical crowd / историческая толпа black-and-white photograph / чёрно-белая фотография social media post / публикация в соцсети woman’s profile photo / фотография женщины в профиле hotel room / гостиничный номер yellow rubber duck / жёлтая резиновая уточка orange beak / оранжевый клюв white bedsheets / белые простыни yellow card / жёлтая карточка printed note / напечатанная записка wooden frame / деревянная рамка