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>>20962939
Any attempt to criticize the current system eventually can be recaptured by the system and used as a justification for said system.

When AOC walks out with a "Tax the Rich" dress, this is what I mean. AOC, who brands herself as 'anti-capitalist,' walks among billionaire CEO's, artists, and other elite. She has essentially become a figurehead of said elite, her brand of anticapitalism used as hip product or meme to consume, and no changes to the system are made.

It's like when Apple branded itself as some anarchist cell destroying the Big Blue of IBM, when in fact, they were just trying to sell more computers.

Or when Burger King's tagline becomes 'You gotta break the rules.'