96 Painfully Accurate Posts From ‘Workers Strike Back’ To Illustrate How Out Of Hand Capitalism Has Gotten (New Pics)

Gone are the days when a person working full time has the resources to enjoy their free time, invest in the future and build up a stable amount of savings. Bit by bit, workers are seeing their workloads increase while remunerations remain stagnant. But through the power of the internet, some are starting to fight back.

The “Workers Strike Back” online community is dedicated to supporting workers, critiquing capitalism, and sharing the harsh realities of workplace conditions and economic inequality. Heavy stuff, yes, but vital information for anyone caught in a thankless, underappreciated job. So scroll through and upvote the most poignant points and be sure to comment your own thoughts on labor, striking, and a more equitable future for all. 

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#1 Billionaires Are Anathema To Humanity

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#2 Capitalists Don’t Create Value, Workers Do

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#3 We’re Living In Dystopia

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While the subject matter is a far cry from the more fun and hobby-based content most people come to the internet for, The “Workers Strike Back” group has garnered a lot of online popularity, with more than 140 thousand active members, which puts it, slightly ironically, into the top 1% of groups on Reddit. 

The group gathers people interested in a number of topics, from “supporting worker strikes, protests, and unions all over the world,” to simply offering advice for workers in exploitative positions. It was founded in 2021 and had around 75 thousand users last year. Since then, it has grown explosively, roughly doubling in size. There is, unfortunately, no reason to expect that it will diminish, as this topic remains and is likely to continue to remain relevant for millions in the near future. 

#4 Charlie Kirk Btfo

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#5 Well, Are They Wrong?

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#6 Going On Strike Is Always A Good Thing!

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While the exploitation of workers happens all around the world, the labor conditions and existing protections vary heavily from place to place and even from industry to industry. Despite its status as a first-world country and a highly developed nation, the US ranks near the bottom of the 38 OECD nations in terms of worker protection. Even worse, existing protections may end up curtailed or limited in the future, as currently there is no organized mass movement to make these safeguards more permanent. 

#7 Warren Buffett Is Making Billions And Rail Workers Still Can’t Get Any Paid Sick Leave

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#8 No, No, They’ve Got A Point

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#9 Identify The Real Enemy

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Despite a lack of formal organization, many workers around the world are starting to make their displeasure known, simply by limiting access to their labor. Last year, in the US alone, over 50 million workers left their jobs due to dissatisfaction or better offers elsewhere. This is sometimes referred to as the “great resignation.” Companies may hate it, but this is ultimately a good thing, putting pressure on nearly every industry to improve conditions. 

#10 A Job Is Little More Than Just Us Trying To Survive!

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#11 The Difference Between Corporate Malfeasance And Terrorism

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#12 Berlin Knows How To Send A Message

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Industries, where wages have been traditionally disproportional to the amount of abuse suffered, were hit the hardest. It doesn’t take a scientist to understand that hospitality and food service are generally not comfortable positions that are simultaneously underpaid and overworked. Now, in many places, they are just understaffed, since workers refuse to do this sort of on-your-feet, customer-facing labor for a laughable wage. 

#13 Ask The Right Question

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#14 Trust The Free Market!!!

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#15 Because It Isn’t

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Some jobs are slowly understanding that the old game plan of offering the bare minimum for people who are desperate might not work if every single company is forced to do it. There are only so many desperate workers and a lot more desperate businesses. Who would have thought, a company actually needs labor to survive? Some American companies have started offering childcare to entice families that were otherwise occupied by raising their children. While this is a step in the right direction, it’s worth noting that in some nations, childcare is free and maternity and paternity leave are covered for months, if not years. 

#16 Stop Blaming Minorities For Your Woes

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#17 The Definition Of A “Labor Shortage”

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#18 Well This Is Definitely True

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But the bottom line for workers almost everywhere are wages. While it may sound cynical, there is a price that can be put on nearly every sort of job and benefit (or lack thereof) but most companies seem blind to the issue. The bottom line is labor will go to jobs that pay better. Certain industries need to adjust, for example, why would one take $12 to be yelled at by hostile motel guests when they can get the same pay working in a fast food restaurant?

#19 Ohhhh So When We Do It It’s An Issue. Cool Cool Cool * Starts Unionizing *

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#20 Let’s Get That Number Higher!

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#21 Eat The Rich, Solidarity With Unions!

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Instead of facing reality, many businesses use the excuse that “people don’t want to work” or that “most prefer unemployment.” There is not a lot of data to back up either point. Regarding the latter, the great resignation was not about never working again, it was about not working for specific companies. Similarly, unemployment benefits, particularly in the US, remain slim, significantly less than the wages many jobs pay that are still insufficient to do anything more but survive. 

#22 Respect To Gen Z

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#23 It’s The Owner Class That Is The Real Enemy

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#24 When The Times Get Tough, These Eyes Stay Shut ?

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#25 The Rich Are Getting Richer And The Poor Are Getting Poorer

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#26 “No You Can’t Get Paid A Living Wage How Will I Afford My Second Yacht Then” ~ Capitalists

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#27 If Only Justice Is Truly Fair But It’s Not. This Society Is Run By Criminals , The Parasite Rich. Class War!

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#28 Solidarity Strikes Are Very Effective

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#29 Unionize Apple

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#30 The Rich Are Getting Richer Well The Poor Are Getting Poorer

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#31 It’s Not ” Normal ” At All , It Never Was

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#32 Living Wagee

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#33 Unionize Food Companies

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#34 Profit Before People

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#35 Capitalism Doesn’t Make Anything

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#36 Excellent Question!

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#37 ?? 18 Days ??

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#38 The Biggest Lie

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#39 How Jeff Bezos Made It To Space In One Picture

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#40 Maybe We Should All Start Demanding A “Thriving Wage” Until It Becomes A Thing

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#41 Unionsolidarity With Cleaners

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#42 You Don’t Say

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#43 Tax The Rich < Eat The Rich

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#44 Sex Is Now A Class Privilege

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#45 This Black Friday Amazon Workers All Around The World Are Going On Strike. Solidarity To Them!

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#46 Just Incase You Were Wondering Where Those Record Profits Came From

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#47 Work Should Not Be Tied To Your Survival

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#48 Company: Damn, Everyone’s Leaving

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#49 A Big Misunderstanding

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#50 Work Hard…

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#51 Know The Difference From The Propaganda They Force On Us Daily

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#52 In 1844 Marx Described You At Work In 2021

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#53 A Reminder That ” The Rich ” Are Leeches Of Humanity, Actual Resource Hoarders. Class War Always

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#54 Some Prisoners Earn Just 10 Cents An Hour For Their Work

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#55 Starbucks Has Been Trying To Sabotage Union Organizing Every Step Of The Way

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#56 Fired For Kicking An Empty Box

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#57 Just A Friendly Reminder To The Working Class Traitors That Defend This Horrible System

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#58 Capitalism Is Dystopian

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#59 It’s A Myth That Raising Wages Cases Inflation

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#60 Starbucks Now Holding Anti Union Meetings

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#61 We’ve Been Socialized By Liberal Capitalism To Look Down On Laziness

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#62 Billionaire’s Don’t Earn Their Wealth

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#63 You Deserve A 4 Day Week

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#64 No One Ever Changed Anything By Being “Reasonable”

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#65 “You Don’t Need A Union We’re A Family” ~ The Lion

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#66 If More People Asked This Question, We Might See Progress!

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#67 Let’s Take A Break

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#68 Cops Are The Biggest Working Class Traitors Of Them All

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#69 Man Returns To Work

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#70 It’s Corporations That Are Responsible For The Inflation Crisis Not Regular People

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#71 “Eeeeeeh Why Do You Have To Make It All Political”

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#72 Teachers Deserve More. More Money, More Respect, More Input, More Autonomy. Support Our Teachers

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#73 Capitalism Is A Caste System

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#74 Blaming Workers For Inflation Is A Very Old Trick The Ruling Class Uses

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#75 Stand Up For Children

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#76 Starbucks Has Now Illegally Fired At Least 70 Pro-Union Workers Since February

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#77 The Economy Only Works For The 1%

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#78 Landbastards

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#79 You Hate Capitalism, You Just Haven’t Put Two And Two Together Yet

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#80 Lessons To Be Learned From Mexico

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#81 Capitalism

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#82 Hustle Culture

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#83 Hmmm , If This True Then There Is One Major Reason Behind This

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#84 Solidarity With Unions

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#85 Fun Fact

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#86 Across The UK Thousands Of People In Many Cities Are Protesting Today For. 1.) A Real Pay Rise 2.) Slash Energy Bills 3.) End Food Poverty 4.) Decent Homes For All 5.) Tax The Rich. Solidarity To Them

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#87 Cries In Abysmal Nursing Pay

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#88 UPS Drivers Are Collapsing In The Street, Suffering Heat Stroke & Dying Because The Company Refuses To Put Air Conditioning In Their Trucks

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#89 They’re Laughing At Us

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#90 How Capitalists Get Rich

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#91 Let Workers Strike Repeal The Taft Hartley Act

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#92 Can We Please Have A Crumb Of Working Class Protest?

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#93 Sweet Sweet Karma Indeed! Keep Making Fake Twitter Accounts To F Up Horrible Corporations Rep Ya’ll

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#94 The Rich Are Getting Richer And The Poor Are Getting Poorer

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#95 The Generational Decline Of American Purchasing Power In One Graph

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#96 Things Are Getting Worse For American Workers

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