Terrible system where a lucky few are born into obscene wealth while the average person has to work 8 hours a day just to stay alive and those who can't find work starve to death.
We must never abandon capitalism because I deserved all 100 million of my dollars because I got lucky and was born into a rich family.
by Eddy December 23, 2003
Get the capitalism mug.Orinally a poem post Civil War that makes a metaphor comparing Lincoln to a captian of a boat who dies at the end, the phrase became famous from the 1989 movie "The Dead Poet Society" staring Robin Williams. The whole point of the phrase is that William's character was an English teacher who had his student's address him with that phrase while standing on their desks.
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When a company profits on the image of minorities on its website to fake diversity, while paying lip service to building a more diverse company in the long run.
Using photoshopped images or stock photos on its website to make a company look as if it embraces a multiracial workforce is nothing but racial capitalism in action to mislead potential employees, shareholders, and the public.
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Get the Capitalist mug."You know how they taught you in school about the little letters and the big letters? Wewll I'm the big letter...I'm the Capital P in this muthafucka."
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Get the capital mug.1. Literally, a crime punishable by death.
2. Exaggerated description of the seriousness of an act, or someone's reaction to it.
2. Exaggerated description of the seriousness of an act, or someone's reaction to it.
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