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Capitalism is a Pyramid Scheme

A graphic of a pyramid shows rich people at the top hoarding houses and money, and public services and housing being crushed at the base. Text reads, 'Capitalism is a pyramid scheme.'

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15 January 2025

This illustration offers a critique of capitalism, depicting it as an economic system that is neither fair nor ecologically sustainable. The capitalist pyramid scheme shows wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, who are greedy for ever more profit, and a system propped up by the exploitation of workers and natural resources.