what is capitalism's definitive symbol?

[Dr Mindbender]

Okay,

Socialism/communism = Hammer and sickle

The fash = swastika

capitalism = (insert symbol)

What are the cappie's definitive symbol? The american flag is too generalised, and the $ sign doesnt work on a global level.

Suggestions?

[Tower of Bebel]

Monopoly!

http://www.cvilleonline.com/forum/MonopolyGuy.jpg

Not realy a used symbol, but we know what it means.

http://www.molblog.nl/marketing/images/upload/1157972418hang%20man.jpg

anarcho-capitalism

http://www.atlasgeo.net/fotw/images/q/qt-c_lae.gif

[Black Dagger]

Originally posted by Ulster [email protected] 01, 2007 03:02 am
What are the cappie's definitive symbol? The american flag is too generalised, and the $ sign doesnt work on a global level.

Suggestions?
I disagree.

A lot of countries use 'dollars', but regardless - the dollar sign represents the most powerful force in global capitalism, don't ya think?

[Dr Mindbender]

Originally posted by bleeding gums malatesta+August 31, 2007 05:22 pm--> (bleeding gums malatesta @ August 31, 2007 05:22 pm)
Ulster [email protected] 01, 2007 03:02 am
What are the cappie's definitive symbol? The american flag is too generalised, and the $ sign doesnt work on a global level.

Suggestions?
I disagree.

A lot of countries use 'dollars', but regardless - the dollar sign represents the most powerful force in global capitalism, don't ya think? [/b]
Only for the last 50 years, since the british empire collapsed. Also, not every country uses dollars, certainly not some of the worlds most prominent economies like Japan and China. Many of the die hard conservative brigade in the UK, notably the Uk independence party actually use the pound sterling symbol as their party logo.
http://www.teameurope.info/ukip.gif

[An archist]

the dollar, definitely
though in the coming years it might be replaced by the euro.

[Dr Mindbender]

Originally posted by An [email protected] 31, 2007 05:56 pm
the dollar, definitely
though in the coming years it might be replaced by the euro.
...and then by this in another 30 years or less <_<
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i59/ulstersocialist/yuan.jpg

[manic expression]

Looking at the history of its development, the most visible "symbols" of capitalism were not really uniform. As the bourgeoisie took political power, they used symbols to define their new nations (as opposed to their new global order), so I think the national flags of capitalist countries are the strongest symbols of capitalism. Just my opinion.

[Dr Mindbender]

The way in which the beourgiouse avoid adopting a synomonous symbol is perhaps part of their strategy towards mantaining the &#39;illusion of freedom&#39; that they want us to interpret.

[kracken]

capitalism rarely needs a symbol...when it wants one , it usualy lurks under symbols of democracy

[Forward Union]

Originally posted by [email protected] 31, 2007 05:14 pm
Monopoly&#33;


Actually, monopoly was invented by Quakers to show the problems of capitalism.


anarcho-capitalism

http://www.atlasgeo.net/fotw/images/q/qt-c_lae.gif

Yes this is the ideological symbol for free market, absolute capitalism, and therefore the symbol of capitalism as an Ideology.

[Red October]

Originally posted by Urban Spirit+September 10, 2007 08:58 am--> (Urban Spirit @ September 10, 2007 08:58 am)
[email protected] 31, 2007 05:14 pm
Monopoly&#33;


Actually, monopoly was invented by Quakers to show the problems of capitalism.


anarcho-capitalism

http://www.atlasgeo.net/fotw/images/q/qt-c_lae.gif

Yes this is the ideological symbol for free market, absolute capitalism, and therefore the symbol of capitalism as an Ideology. [/b]
I would agree that the &#036; is the most well known symbol of capitalism, especially because it represents the driving force behind American imperialism.

[Le Libérer]

The marriage of the Evanglical Christians and The US government
http://www.religiousrightwatch.com/images/cross_and_flag.jpg

[which doctor]

Originally posted by Urban Spirit+September 10, 2007 08:58 am--> (Urban Spirit @ September 10, 2007 08:58 am)
[email protected] 31, 2007 05:14 pm
Monopoly&#33;


Actually, monopoly was invented by Quakers to show the problems of capitalism. [/b]
Sources?

[Knight of Cydonia]

Originally posted by [email protected] 01, 2007 12:14 am
http://www.atlasgeo.net/fotw/images/q/qt-c_lae.gif
i think this one should be represent the capitalism symbol, but what the hell do we care about the capitalism symbol? :wacko:

[RedAnarchist]

Originally posted by FoB+September 11, 2007 04:05 am--> (FoB &#064; September 11, 2007 04:05 am)
Originally posted by Urban Spirit+September 10, 2007 08:58 am--> (Urban Spirit &#064; September 10, 2007 08:58 am)
[email protected] 31, 2007 05:14 pm
Monopoly&#33;


Actually, monopoly was invented by Quakers to show the problems of capitalism. [/b]
Sources? [/b]

He might have been joking. The following is what Wikipedia has to say about the games origins -


wikipedia article on Monopoly
The history of Monopoly can be traced back to the early 1900s. In 1904, an inventor named Elizabeth Magie patented a game through which she hoped to be able to explain some of the economic ideas of Henry George. Her game, The Landlord&#39;s Game, was commercially published a few years later. Magie and other interested game players redeveloped the game and some made their own sets. Magie herself patented a revised edition of the game in 1924, and similar games were published commercially. By the early 1930s a board game named Monopoly was created much like the version of Monopoly sold by Parker Brothers and its parent companies through the rest of the 20th century and into the 21st. Several different people, mostly in the U.S. Midwest and near the U.S. East Coast, contributed to the game&#39;s design and evolution.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_%28game%29

[Comrade J]

I think a dollar sign is the most recognisable symbol of capitalism, or perhaps 3 in a row to indicate you mean capitalism and not simply a dollar.

My friend&#39;s artwork project was on capitalism, and he had a dollar sign on a pyramid (to symbolise this (http://www.ironyuppie.com/images/OldCapitalismPoster_AAE9/Pyramid_of_Capitalist_System_thumb2.png)), with skulls around the base. It was an amazing painting, I wish I&#39;d have got a picture of it but I haven&#39;t seen him for a while.

[Tower of Bebel]

Originally posted by Debora [email protected] 11, 2007 04:28 am
The marriage of the Evanglical Christians and The US government
http://www.religiousrightwatch.com/images/cross_and_flag.jpg
nah, Marx called Belgium the heaven of capitalism back in the 19th century. The American standards of conservatism cannot be the standard of international capitalism.

[Forward Union]

Originally posted by [email protected] 11, 2007 11:12 am
He might have been joking. The following is what Wikipedia has to say about the games origins -

No I wasn&#39;t. Elizibeth Maggie was a quaker. And she wasnt the only one who invented it.

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121997.htm

and a book on amazon about it...

http://www.amazon.ca/Billion-Dollar-Monopo...y/dp/0738831395 (http://www.amazon.ca/Billion-Dollar-Monopoly-Swindle-Anti-Monopoly/dp/0738831395)


Book Description
The court-validated history of the world&#39;s most popular board game--embedded in a story of a little guy who took on Corporate America and won. Told with suspense and humor by the professor turned business man turned detective who uncovered the swindle and found the truth. Find out how a woman and a group of Atlantic City Quakers invented Monopoly&reg; only to be deleted from history in a scheme to fatten the corporate bottom line.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

This:

http://www.bartleby.com/images/A4images/A4screw.jpg

Because we are all screwed.

[awayish]

on a related matter, slogans?

&#39;stay off of my lawn.&#39; would be one for &#39;american libertarianism&#39;

[Iron]

Originally posted by Rosa [email protected] 26, 2007 06:14 pm
This:

http://www.bartleby.com/images/A4images/A4screw.jpg

Because we are all screwed.
:lol: i like it

[Comrade Nadezhda]

Originally posted by Rosa [email protected] 26, 2007 01:14 pm
This:

http://www.bartleby.com/images/A4images/A4screw.jpg

Because we are all screwed.
great one haha love it&#33;

[Djehuti]

http://badlandshyena.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/tap_text.gif

[Cult of Reason]

Is the hammer and sickle really a generalised symbol for Communism, though? I thought it was exclusively Leninist?

[Bilan]

Originally posted by [email protected] 29, 2007 04:05 am
Is the hammer and sickle really a generalised symbol for Communism, though? I thought it was exclusively Leninist?
Nah, it&#39;s pretty much just Communist.
You show a non-political cat a H-S and ask them what it means...chances are, they aren&#39;t going to say Lenin - although they might mention Russia.

[MarxSchmarx]

The Dollar Symbol is not unique to the USA. It is used for most currencies in the Western Hemisphere, Australia, Singapore, Zimbabwe, Taiwan, Liberia, New Zealand, etc...

UlsterSocialist:

The Y with two lines through it symbolizes the Japanese yen.

The Chinese yuan&#39;s symbol is:
元

Unless there will be a Great East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere ... I mean a "West Pacific Union" ... that won&#39;t be the symbol of capitalism in 50 years.

[Comrade Rage]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28, 2007 10:14 am
http://badlandshyena.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/tap_text.gif
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Looks like it&#39;s from the John Birch Society or something&#33;&#33;

[INDK]

Is the hammer and sickle really a generalised symbol for Communism, though? I thought it was exclusively Leninist?

It's actually not even exclusively Communist; it's a class struggle symbol. The hammer is for industrial workers and the sickle is for rural workers and peasents. Simple.

I believe most people, especially on the Left, have generally accepted the dollar sign to be Capitalism's symbol. Otherwise, it doesn't really have one.