The Pyramid of Capitalist System is a provocative illustration by Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies
), an American labor union. It depict the unjust treatment of the working class by the capitalist of America. On the top of the organizational system shows the state, serving the interests of the ruling class and works under capitalism to protect the private wealth and property.

Pyramid of Capitalist System, 1911
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4 responses to “Pyramid of Capitalist System, 1911”
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A classic piece of labor history right there
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or a classic propaganda by the Wobblies
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Those were the days when the boundaries between bourgeois, aristocratic and working classes were enforced, legally!
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Why the soldiers are on top of the bourgeoisie? Shouldn’t it be under them, followed by the peasants at the bottom?

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