Capitalism Baby Gets a Job

Yes I got the job! Now I can avoid homelessness and afford to put one extra meal in my stomach during the half hour lunch break I get throughout my 8 hour shift that takes up literally a third of my waking day, the other two thirds of which I exist in a constant state of existential dread I get to choose between resting my body or doing things I enjoy on my 2 days off! I love feeling like my only value to society is based on the work I put out while watching the top 1% earn hundreds of billions of dollars during a global pandemic I should be grateful I'm making minimum wage and being unfairly exploited for my labor CAPITALISM BABY!

A grotesque, skeletal baby-like figure is surrounded by text celebrating getting a minimum-wage job. The sarcastic joke is that employment only prevents homelessness while leaving almost no time for rest or enjoyment, mocking exploitation and the absurd expectation that workers should feel grateful under capitalism.

• @threedotssavetogallery / 1227 2021-10-01