Everyone’s entitled to a good wage, decent working conditions, and the respect of their peers. It sounds so simple. So fair. So obvious. And yet, many workers still find themselves exploited even in developed countries. Overworked for mere cents, marginalized, their voices and needs unheard.

The r/WorkersStrikeBack subreddit is an online community that advocates and fights for workers’ rights in a wide variety of ways. They’re dedicated to supporting strikes and unions, addressing various workplace issues, and giving advice to anyone who might be dealing with especially tough problems or anti-worker sentiment at their jobs.

Created in late October of 2021, the subreddit already has nearly 78k members and is still growing. Scroll down for some of r/WorkersStrikeBack top posts that highlight the dark side of capitalism, and to learn more about the community.

#1 Wow. Medical Debt Causes Divorce Of Married Couple Of 52 Years

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#2 This Should Not Be Allowed!

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#3 Sad Reality

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The online community presents itself as an unabashedly “leftist, anti-capitalist subreddit.” They stress that they are not a place for debates. To them, capitalism is exploitative and evil, and they’re not willing to talk about these basic assumptions.

It’s all very black-and-white. So if you’re going to be posting on the sub, keep in mind that the goal is to give workers more negotiating power at work, not to analyze the nuances of economics and politics. There are plenty of other places to do this. This isn’t one of them.

#4 Billionaires Must Be Abolished

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#5 Hmmm I Wonder Why

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#6 Trolling Ancaps, Temporarily Inconvenienced Billionaires

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“Worker exploitation is not up for debate. It is evident. If you intend to debate, go elsewhere,” the mods explain. “Capitalism is an inherently exploitative economic system. This is not up for debate.”

The community believes wealthy special interests groups have corrupted governments everywhere, meaning that they do not represent the will of the people. As a result, wages remain stagnant, affordable medical coverage remains difficult (mostly in the United States), and the climate crisis continues to get out of hand.

#7 Cayman Islands

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#8 Boycott Amy’s

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#9 Congrats!

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In the subreddit’s view, mass striking is what leads to real change. However, it has to be done as efficiently, as widely as possible. They have a handy guide in the subreddit’s sidebar on the right with a whole host of resources for anyone who is thinking of organizing a strike at work.

#10 Love It Here

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#11 Can’t Afford Job Loyalty In This Situation

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#12 Pssssssssssssst! … It Was Our Money

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However, r/WorkersStrikeBack isn’t the only online community that is concerned with better working conditions and showing the dark, dreary underbelly of capitalist society.

Earlier, Bored Panda interviewed Angel, the founder and moderator of the ‘Humans of Capitalism’ page. They told us that the current capitalist system is flawed, absurd, and unjust. What’s more, this injustice permeates every layer of our lives, not just work, according to them.

#13 Born In The System. Trapped In The System

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#14 You Can Do It, Too! If They Don’t Want To Pay You Fair Wages, Force Them To Close!

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#15 Burgernomics

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For Angel, the future looks bleak. They don’t have much optimism that capitalism as a whole can be replaced easily. In fact, they think that capitalism evolved into corporatism.

“We often see many small businesses collapsing because they are not able to fight with the current trend or to combat with the giant competitors. So they have two options, close the business or sell it,” Angel mused.

#16 Basically, The Laws Exist To Protect The Capitalist Class

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#17 Secessio Plebis

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#18 Marshalls: Free Shipping On Orders Over $89, Workers Gfy

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“We have many companies that have been bought by enormous giants that I do not want to mention and they won’t stop there, they are trying to get their hands on any business category. Is there a solution for it? I believe that there can be some solutions, but capitalists will work and find a way to bypass those solutions and continue with the destruction of the system while being totally ignorant about it,” they said.

#19 “I Started From The Bottom…”

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#20 It’s Never In More Pay

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#21 Truth

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In Angel’s view, any system and society, capitalist or not, has the potential for corruption. “If we go back in time where socialism or communism were at their prime, we can see that the top of the head of the system was corrupted and that resulted with the fall of the system,” they pointed out that people ought to have a realistic view of history, not an overly-romanticized one.

#22 Just Like Thomas Edison, Elon Rides Of Tesla’s Success

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#23 In 2020 We Were Called “Essential Workers” When They Needed Us To Work And Now We’re Back To Being Called “Low Skilled Workers” If The Pandemic Has Shown Anything It’s That So Called “Low Skilled Workers” Are Of Vital Importants To The Economy And Without These Workers The Economy Would Shut Down

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#24 Building Class Conscience Through Memes

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The founder of ‘Humans of Capitalism’ told Bored Panda how they envision the future. They believe that we’re in for an automated ‘utopia’ where machines will produce, deliver, and take care of everything. From food and clothing to health. However, that wouldn’t necessarily make things perfect, as someone would still control the system of distribution.

#25 “Wildest Part Of Labor History Class”

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#26 Love The Late Stage Capitalism Of Child Labor Needed To Pay Off That Good ‘Ol American Child Debt

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#27 America Needs A Socialist Revolution

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“The idea of getting free food, water, health, clothing, is nice and, in reality, if we take a closer look at the current system we can see that more people are let off and replaced by machines. For example, we can see that McDonald’s workers are fired and they have been replaced with machines that work on touch or by sound and they take orders, forward orders to the employees, etc.”

#28 Sigma Female

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#29 Well, This Is It

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#30 You Don’t Have To Pay Your Boss Miscalculations

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They can see a dark future where, as technology progresses, more and more workers will lose their jobs. 

“I believe that 50 years from now machines will provide food, clothing, healthcare services, and much more, by themselves, with little to no employees monitoring them. But there is an issue with that. You will leave millions of people jobless and cause huge riots as the famous quote from Jean-Jacques Rousseau goes: ‘When the people shall have no more to eat, they will eat the rich.'”

#31 Can I Have Nothing Please?

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#32 What You Want vs. What You Get, Living Under Capitalism

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#33 Comrade Clippy

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#34 The Owner Class Does None Of The Work And Owns All Of The Wealth, The Working Class Does All Of The Actual Work And Gets Almost None Of The Wealth

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#35 Let’s Keep It Up Till All Jobs Are Unionized

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#36 This Is What Happens When Companies Run The Country

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#37 The Working Class Is Shamed For Eating The Only Food They Can Afford, Yet All Food Is Not Created Or Distributed Equally

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#38 Unionized Women Earn 23% More Hourly Then Those Without A Union

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#39 I Wonder Why Nobody Want To Be A Teacher

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#40 So You’re Telling Me There’s A Chance

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#41 F**k Billionaires

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#42 Ironic…

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#43 Facts…

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#44 If Billionaires Can Go To Space, Ordinary Ride People Should Not Have To Pay For Ambulances

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#45 Yikes

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#46 F**k That

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#47 Corporate Slogans Is Made Only For People Who Pay For Em

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#48 This Is Why Revolutionary Class Consciousness Is So Important

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#49 That’s… That’s Literally A Good Thing…

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#50 Amazon Making Blatantly Fake Twitter Accounts Ahead Of The Union Vote To Discourage Workers From Unionizing

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#51 The Rich 1% Is Killing Industries By Hoarding Wealth

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#52 This Is Class Warfare!

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#53

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#54 This Is Dystopian As F**k

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#55 ‘not Worth It’

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#56 Solidarity

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#57 Disgusting

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#58 Capitalist Propaganda At Its Finest

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#59 Beyond Parody

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#60 Why Is This An Acceptable Life?

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#61 Amazon Can’t Afford To Let Workers Unionize

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#62 Imagine Being This Dumb

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#63 “Labor Shortages”

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#64 How Corporate Profits Even Don’t Get Any Blame For Price Increasing? Unthinkable

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#65 Simple Life Hack …

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#66 This Is Glorious

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#67 Footloose And Fancy-Free Rebels Strike Back!

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#68 Yeah Pretty Sure That’s Illegal As F**k

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#69 Post Offices Matter

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#70 This Escalated From 0 To Full Blown Dystopian Real Quick

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#71 Wait! Not Like That

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#72 Okay Who Did It?

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#73 Do They Even Know What It Is?

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#74 “Self-Made”

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#75 It’s A Scam

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#76 Exactly

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#77 Wage Theft Is The Largest Form Of Theft Bigger Then All Others Combined But Yet The Mass Media Doesn’t Cover It

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#78 It’s Systemic …

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#79 A Pretty Relevant Meme

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#80 Boomers Are Detached From Reality

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#81 Kellogg’s Is Trying To Break The Strike By Bringing In Scabs Remember Don’t Cross The Picket Line, Don’t Buy Anything From Kellogg’s Untill They Agree To The Unions Terms. Solidarity Forever!

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#82 Ancaps Being Ancaps. Wtf Is Wrong With Those People?

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#83 The Actual Truth

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#84 The Only Reason You Get Any Time Off Is Because Organized Labor Fought And Struggled For It And Won

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#85 Public Relations

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#86 It’s A Crime To Steal From The Rich—not From The Poor /S

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#87 I Bet The Same Goes For “Capitalism”

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#88 Meanwhile, Over In R/Smallbusiness…

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#89 F**k Elon Musk

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#90 If The Territory Of The USA Was Divided The Same Way As Wealth This Is What It Would Look Like

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#91 Yet What Force On Earth Is Weaker Than The Feeble Strength Of One?

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#92 My Own Bit Of Praxis, My Local Store Is Decked With ‘Em

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#93 Gonna Go Get Some Coffee. Anyone Want Anything?

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#94 There Is Nothing Good About Huddle Culture

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#95 Don’t Let These Businesses Gaslight You. They’ve Taken More “Handouts” Than Any One Of Us Will Ever Receive

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#96 Logically, It Isn’t Acceptable For Workers To Live In A Deteriorating Standard

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#97 This Guy Is Disconnected From Reality

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#98 When We Explain To A Capitalist That The Rule Of Supply And Demand Is Equally Applicable To Wages

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#99 Starbucks Workers In Memphis Tennessee Were Just Fired For Trying To Organize A Union

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#100 Unionize Walmart

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#101 Amazon Workers At A Staten Island, New York City, Amazon Warehouse Filed For A Union Election Today. Solidarity To Them

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#102 Only In America…

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#103 This Is Prevalent In India As Well, For Those Wondering. Employers Are S**ty Everywhere

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#104 I Guess This Was Off-Topic At Antiwork So I Wanted To Post Here. It’s A Brief Solidification Of The Point That There’s No Labor Shortage Leading To Supply Issues, And Thus Higher Prices. This Is Clear, Given The Growing Profit Margins

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#105 The Power Of Solidarity: More Than 4,500 Mft Union Educators From Minneapolis Public Schools Are On Strike And Picketed Across The City Today

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#106 Nationwide Strike

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#107 The Courts Are Refusing To Allow Railroad Workers The Right To Strike

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#108 Bandaids When We Need Surgery

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#109 Pilots Don’t Get Paid During Boarding

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#110 Leisurepilled

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#111 Get Back To Work

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#112 NYC Loves Unions

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#113 You Don’t Have To Be A Mathematician To See That These Numbers Don’t Add Up!

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#114 Alu Ftw

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#115 Well That’s Terrifying

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#116 Somehow I’ve Deduced That Bankers Are Exempt From This…

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