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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