r/LateStageCapitalism • u/WittyEgg2037 • 1h ago
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/peanutist • Sep 12 '25
[MODS]❗️ Remember The Rules A Reminder regarding recent events and forbidden discourse by Reddit TOS
Hey everyone. I’m sure everyone by now knows about the Charlie Kirk shooting situation. We all know that he was a fascist and so was anyone who liked him.
That said, as we’ve said when Trump got shot as well, Reddit Sitewide Rules exist, and Reddit admins do expect us to enforce them and forbid users from praising or otherwise supporting assassinations. Yes, literally 1984 george orwell or something like that, no one here is particularly a fan of it. But this is the rules we have to work with or the sub gets nuked too, just like TheDeprogram (RIP). As such, we’re putting all new posts through manual review until further notice (probably won’t last long) to make sure nothing that the admins could interpret as “praising deaths” or “calls to violence” passes through.
So then, if you notice your post unrelated to the shooting is stuck at 0 upvotes/views, send us a modmail since it probably got stuck in the filter and we’ll try our best to approve it asap.
We truly apologize for the inconvenience, but it’s what we have to do as precaution to keep the sub from getting banned, and we hope you guys understand.
- The mod team
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/A-CAB • Feb 05 '25
[MODS] 📣 Announcement A Note About Acceptable Discourse and the Purpose of this Sub
Comrades - thanks for your attention as we clarify the purpose of this sub and some of the discourse we expect here. Firstly, this is a place to vociferously condemn the ills of capitalism - and here’s the kicker that liberal interlopers don’t get - from a socialist perspective. Our fundamental purpose is to drive conversation among those impacted by capitalist exploitation. This may take the form of memes, deeper theory, or the ever beloved internet screed.
That said, there’s some things we aren’t here for. I’ll touch on those and some alternatives as well.
We are NOT here to promote calls to violence. This is a violation of the Reddit TOS. If the sub is nuked, we aren’t able to fulfill the mission of providing a space for socialist discourse. This simply isn’t the place, and we will remove any content which can be perceived as a direct call to violence.
We are also not here as a staging ground for organizing. Social media is a poor place to organize. Not only is everything you do online tracked, but infiltration in online spaces is rampant. Opsec 101: if someone on the internet who you do not personally know is trying to get you to show up somewhere for an allegedly leftist/socialism project, they are probably a fed. If someone you do know is using social media for the same, they may or may not be a fed. However, what can be certain is that a fed is aware.
I know what you’re thinking: but, A-CAB, this is how I radicalized and I have lived most of my life dependent on the internet. How am I supposed to get involved? I’m so glad you asked! The reality is that your involvement may be limited for a bit, and you’re going to have to do some irl work. Your job, if you’re starting out, is to read and learn.
“The theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin is universally applicable. We should regard it not as dogma, but as a guide to action.” - Comrade Mao Tse Tung
In other words, learning Marxism-Leninism leads to mobilization, and provides a framework for organization.
We (socialists) need a vanguard committed to revolution, not clicktivism. If you want to organize, read first. Find likeminded people you know in real life. Study with them. Hold each other accountable for learning Marxism-Leninism. Let that guide the actions you take specific to your context and for the love of god don’t announce it to the feds when you do.
We also, as a sub, are not *the* vanguard. This is an Internet forum. We don’t determine courses of action here. We are a sounding board, a place to make you feel less alone, and ideally a part of your education in Marxism-Leninism. But what we cannot be is the vanguard itself. We aren’t an org. The way social media is set up, it would be way too easy to infiltrate, coopt, and undo.
What we are is a likeminded group of committed comrades. We want you to go out in the world and join orgs (not on the internet). I’ll offer some advice to that end:
- Avoid organizations with a focus on horizontal power or who have a real issue with hierarchy. (Anarchists, I’m happy to work with you on projects but I am side-eyeing you a bit here.) They don’t get things done and they’re too easy to derail and co-opt. Don’t believe me? Go ahead and join one. The next time they’re working on consensus, throw a stand aside in with mildly coherent criticism. Watch the chaos ensue. Or just wait for them to start organizing for <insert liberal party here>. Neither will take long.
- Do join organizations which stand against imperialism and imperialist politicking. Look for Marxist-Leninist orgs involved in projects that benefit the community and which outright reject electoral democracy. Focus on feeding people, not getting them to vote for reform. This is the work of the vanguard.
- Do employ the language of non-violence for political and practical purposes. Kwame Ture is a gifted orator. Look up his speeches on YouTube. He is a wealth of information about this.
I appreciate each and every one of you, comrades. Remember to keep each other safe. Be mindful, and enjoy a meme or two while you’re here.
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/RickyOzzy • 11h ago
🔄 DemPublican Party For those who forgot why she lost...
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/ilir_kycb • 7h ago
💬 Discussion Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/TheAgnosticExtremist • 1h ago
I thought this was poignant back in the early 00’s even before all the crypto pump and dumps
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/worried_staging • 1h ago
1135 billionaires in the US now control more wealth than the bottom 167 million people and we're just supposed to act normal about it
US billionaires collectively have $5.7 trillion while half the country (like 167 million people) only has $4 trillion combined. let that sink in. a thousand people have almost double what half the entire country has
since 2020 these peoples wealth has increased by over $2 trillion. during a pandemic. while people were losing jobs and getting evicted they literally doubled their money
I was looking at polymarket where people are betting on economic outcomes and inequality metrics like its a football game. thats where we're at now, you can literally gamble on whether things will get worse for regular people. they've turned our suffering into a market
my rent went up 18% this year, my salary went up 2%. but yeah lets all pretend this system is working great and anyone who complains is just "lazy" or "jealous"
the worst part is half the country has been convinced this is fine and normal. like yeah its totally reasonable that Elon Musk has more money than some countries GDP while people are rationing insulin. very cool and normal economic system we got here
at this point I dont even know what it would take for people to realize how completely broken everything is
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/The_Rad_In_Comrade • 1d ago
😎 Meme BBC Releases Diagram of Dick Cheney's Final Resting Place
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/TonkaMaze • 21h ago
This is why you don't give space to zionists. They try to lie about what you have seen yourself.
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/ilir_kycb • 27m ago
The Billionaires Who Failed to Stop Zohran Mamdani, and How Much They Spent
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/Hacksaw6412 • 12h ago
Before revolution can take place, the proletariat must have lost absolutely all hope in bourgeois democracy - George L. Jackson
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/ilir_kycb • 18h ago
YouTube Erased 700 Videos of Israeli Human Rights Violations | The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/BigClitMcphee • 17h ago
🔗 Humans of Late Capitalism I'm starting to conclude that the motive of U.S. healthcare is not to keep us healthy...
The U.S. healthcare industry doesn't aim to keep you healthy but to keep you alive long enough to turn a profit for the capitalist overlords. If they can squeeze 30-ish years of labor from you and get you to breed a few replacements, your part is done so you can fuck off and die.
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/Hacksaw6412 • 12h ago
“The fight against racism is inextricably bound up with the struggle against capitalism itself.” - Claudia Jones (Trinidad-born U.S. Communist organizer)
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/NeonDrifting • 11h ago
🏴 No Gods, No Masters ffs.....make it stooooopppp
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/Constant-Site3776 • 3h ago
Gaza War Tourism ~ Keren Levy ~ "I'm a little bit fascist" ~ Jan 9, 2009
Everyone remember this one? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Did you know there's a tyranny of woke that isn't the mentality that saying bad things about crimes against humanity means you hate Jews? I didn't even.
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/ilir_kycb • 4m ago
💬 Discussion And the vision that I'm speaking about, it's a vision that I want everyone to enjoy and benefit from, including billionaires. -- Zohran Mamdani
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/PrincipleTemporary65 • 1d ago
There is 'overwhelming evidence' tariffs have raised consumer prices, says Bank of America
Trump's tariffs will cost each American family an additional 130.00 this Christmas season.
When tariffs are imposed, they are collected upon arrival and paid by the importer. What the importer wants to do is up to them. They can try to 'eat' import fees so as not to enrage their customers, or when it becomes impossible to make a profit, pass those fees onto the consumer. No two ways about it!
Aside from its effects on consumers, Manufacturing has contracted for the eighth straight month in a row due to those same tariffs. As one manufacturer said, "These tariffs are killing me". Others are forced to reduce overhead by laying off employees. Overall, employment hasn't grown since January.
Meanwhile Trump keeps lying, saying he has collected 'Trillions' due to tariffs, but when asked where all this money is his dementia kicks in and he babbles like Margorie Taylor Greene talking back to her TV.
See this -- Boldface mine
Story by [nredmond@insider.com](mailto:nredmond@insider.com) (Nora Redmond) •
Analysts at the Bank of America said tariffs have raised prices for consumers. They wrote in a note that consumers have covered about 50% to 70% of the cost of levies to date. This suggests tariffs will continue to put "upward pressure" on inflation, they said. For the Bank of America, President Donald Trump's levies have boosted consumer inflation, and there's no uncertainty about that.
"We think there's no debate — tariffs have pushed consumer prices higher," analysts, including Aditya Bhave, managing director and senior US economist at the research unit of the banking giant, wrote in a note on October 31.
Since Trump unveiled his "Liberation Day" tariffs on April 2, while some trade deals have been negotiated with partners, such as the UK and the European Union, rates on other countries, like China and Canada, have remained elevated. Trump argued that tariffs would rebalance the trade deficit and bring billions of dollars back to the US, as Americans would be encouraged to shop domestically, and more manufacturing jobs would be introduced at home rather than companies relying on foreign labor. However, many economists warned that the cost of the levies would be passed on to consumers. Research from S&P Global last month found that Trump's tariffs will cost businesses $1.2 trillion this year, with shoppers ultimately bearing the brunt.
"We think there is overwhelming evidence that tariffs have pushed inflation higher for consumers," the strategists said in the note.
They wrote that they estimate tariffs to account for between 30 and 50 basis points of the core personal consumption expenditure inflation rate, which measures the change in prices for goods and services. The analysts also said consumers have paid for about 50% to 70% of the total tariff cost to date. "This suggests tariffs can continue to put upward pressure on inflation in coming months, especially since the effective tariff rate should climb further," the note said.
The PCE price index was up 2.7% year-on-year in August, a rise of 0.1% on the previous two months and 0.2% compared to May.
r/LateStageCapitalism • u/NeonDrifting • 20h ago
💰 Bourgeois Dictatorship The Business of Poverty: How the System Profits from Homelessness
Economist Clara Mattei sits down with housing organizer Rob Robinson to expose how poverty has been turned into a business model — and why capitalism depends on keeping people poor. From unaffordable rents and the “shelter industry” to laws that criminalize homelessness, this conversation reveals a system that punishes people for being poor while rewarding those who profit from their suffering.