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Cocaine Capitalism

A type of capitalism usually advocated for by Libertarians that involves the legalization and marketization of traditionally illegal or illicit goods or services such as prostitution and cocaine.
*refills the freedom crack-pipe* Man, I can’t believe cocaine capitalism is a real thing that people believe in.
by Unquestionably Burdensome February 15, 2024
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Merit Capitalism

Merit Capitalism:

Wealth and power to the most qualified and resourceful.
Merit Capitalism ensures that the best and most qualified people make the rules.
by anonymous July 15, 2025
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Commit a crime against capitalism

Yes crimes against capitalism exist. However this crime is currently not achievable unless G-d says capitalism can't exist.
Commit a crime against capitalism is committed when normal people go nuts 🙃 and want to replace capitalism with their own liberal woke ideas. Punishment: remove people like Bill Gates and John Kerry from all levers of power.
by Sexydimma November 26, 2022
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I hate Capitalism

When a person realizes most of the economic and class problems in the United States are caused by capitalism.
*Spends 90% of paycheck on bills* "Man, I hate capitalism"
by Luna_tf February 19, 2024
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A hypothetical or conceptual institution dedicated to documenting, memorializing, and educating the public about human suffering caused directly by capitalist economic systems. This includes victims of industrial accidents due to lax safety regulations, deaths from preventable diseases due to lack of healthcare access, fatalities from imperialist wars for resources and markets, and lives destroyed by austerity policies, financial crashes, and exploitative labor conditions. The foundation serves as a ideological counter-monument to the dominant narrative of capitalism as a force for universal progress.
Example: The Victims of Capitalism Memorial Foundation might run an interactive exhibit tracking the opioid overdose crisis, linking each death to the pharmaceutical industry's profit-driven marketing, the privatization of pain management, and the systemic defunding of public health—framing the epidemic not as a personal tragedy but as a structural outcome of capital.
by Dumu The Void February 5, 2026
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The direct argument that the harms suffered under capitalist systems—poverty, alienation, exploitation—are necessary, deserved, or noble. It frames victims as willing participants in a fair game (“they chose that job”), as beneficiaries of growth (“a rising tide lifts all boats”), or as unfortunate but acceptable casualties of progress and efficiency.
Justification against Victims of Capitalism Example: A politician arguing against a living wage by stating, “Low wages are what give young people the hunger to climb the ladder. Struggle builds character.” This justification against victims of capitalism transmutes systemic economic coercion into a moral virtue, suggesting that being underpaid is a beneficial rite of passage rather than exploitation.
by Abzugal February 8, 2026
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The cognitive process of using abstract economic principles to explain away suffering, making it seem like an inevitable outcome of natural laws rather than political choices. It involves appeals to “market logic,” “incentive structures,” or “competitiveness” to drain moral outrage from scenes of human devastation.
Rationalization against Victims of Capitalism Example: An economist on TV discussing factory closures: “While painful for communities, the relocation of manufacturing overseas is a rational allocation of global capital and labor. It’s simply how efficient markets work.” This rationalization uses the clinical language of efficiency to neutralize the tragedy of deindustrialization.
by Abzugal February 8, 2026
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