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llama-3.2-vision

This meme is a humorous illustration of the historical event where a group of enslaved Africans were forced to work in a plantation in the United States. The image shows a group of enslaved people in a field, with a caption that reads: "Capitalism was built on the exploitation of enslaved Africans. Martin Luther King Jr. said it, but we never learned it in history class." The image is a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. that reads: "We have been forced to be slaves in the land of the free." The quote is surrounded by a illustration of a group of enslaved people in a field, with a caption that reads: "Capitalism was built on the exploitation of enslaved Africans. Martin Luther King Jr. said it, but we never learned it in history class."

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tesseract

“We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifice. The fact is that capitalism was built on the exploitation and suffering of black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor — both black and white, here and abroad.” Martin Luther King, Jr. a BT Ty eh >) aor : mn GAR wn CANT) WN sv Wy Ze ge a iN A RY NCS a 2 SSA See PNG Le aay AG ly ee”) Rude Sear Maa WY Ae ANG Sly SCRE SRN Doma MY ‘ CHa We ROR NSS ae a Okie V\ iti ee A ANSE gee ey Ss IE clr al ENED