{"id":"seize-the-means-of-production","name":"Seize the Means of Production","summary":"Seize the Means of Production is a Marxist rallying cry that Reddit and Facebook shitposters turned into a communist punchline during the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign. Old image macros, webcomics and Weird Facebook pages got retrofitted with the slogan, giving the left its own answer to the alt-right's meme output that year[1].","tags":["seize the means of production","communist memes","bernie sanders memes","late stage capitalism","weird facebook","leftist memes","marx meme"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":5,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/seize-the-means-of-production/seize-the-means-of-production-keep-calm-seize-means-poster.webp","caption":"The iconic 'Keep Calm and Seize the Means of Production' poster, a socialist parody of the classic British wartime motivational design.","width":600,"height":700,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/seize-the-means-of-production/seize-the-means-of-production-babys-first-words-soviet.webp","caption":"A 'baby's first words' meme where the infant's first sentence is a call to seize the means of production, complete with Soviet iconography.","width":480,"height":480,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/seize-the-means-of-production/seize-the-means-of-production-whos-that-pokemon-marx.webp","caption":"A 'Who's That Pokémon?' parody revealing Charizard fused with Karl Marx's face urging viewers to seize the means of production.","width":500,"height":602,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/seize-the-means-of-production/seize-the-means-of-production-marx-facetime-tweet.webp","caption":"A viral tweet joke pairing a Karl Marx wax figure with a story of the philosopher FaceTiming a stranger to urge seizing the means of production.","width":480,"height":593,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/seize-the-means-of-production/seize-the-means-of-production-yugioh-goals-capitalism.webp","caption":"A Yu-Gi-Oh player meme joking that the confident teen is about to topple capitalism and seize the means of production with a single card.","width":485,"height":548,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/seize-the-means-of-production/history.md","related":["bernie-would-have-won","donald-trumps-sad-tweets","bernie-sanders-dank-memes","bernie-sanders","fully-automated-luxury-gay-space-communism","greg-abbott-is-a-little-piss-baby","kermit-sipping-tea","its-so-over-were-so-back","understandable-have-a-great-day","no-thoughts-head-empty","ight-ima-head-out","very-mindful-very-cutesy"],"popularityRank":2859,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}