It's a pirate's life for me!

This is a 3-panel comic meme. In the first panel, a smug blonde man wearing sunglasses, a light blue shirt and pink shorts says "THE MARKET WILL REGULATE ITSELF!" and "CAPITALISM IS THE MOST EFFICIENT —". The second panel shows a hand holding a listing for the Ubisoft video game *Star Wars Outlaws* with an absurdly inflated price of $27,832.81 circled in red. In the third panel, the same man has transformed into a muscular, shirtless revolutionary holding a red flag and a sickle, yelling the famous communist slogan "WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR CHAINS", while an exasperated woman in a lab coat stands to the side saying "SIR PLS". The core joke satirizes the ridiculousness of overpriced video game offerings under capitalism, with the original title referencing that most consumers would choose to pirate the game instead of paying the exorbitant cost.

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THE MARKET WILL REGULATE ITSELF!

CAPITALISM IS THE MOST EFFICIENT —

STAR WARS OUTLAWS

$27,832.81

WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR CHAINS

SIR PLS

Overview

This is a 3-panel comic meme. In the first panel, a smug blonde man wearing sunglasses, a light blue shirt and pink shorts says "THE MARKET WILL REGULATE ITSELF!" and "CAPITALISM IS THE MOST EFFICIENT —". The second panel shows a hand holding a listing for the Ubisoft video game Star Wars Outlaws with an absurdly inflated price of $27,832.81 circled in red. In the third panel, the same man has transformed into a muscular, shirtless revolutionary holding a red flag and a sickle, yelling the famous communist slogan "WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR CHAINS", while an exasperated woman in a lab coat stands to the side saying "SIR PLS". The core joke satirizes the ridiculousness of overpriced video game offerings under capitalism, with the original title referencing that most consumers would choose to pirate the game instead of paying the exorbitant cost.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the Reddit: Meme subreddit via RSS feed. Original comic art is created by independent artist SADGIRLPOP, as marked by the watermark in the bottom right corner. It references the 2024 release of the open world game Star Wars Outlaws, and ties into widespread community complaints about rising video game prices and predatory monetization in the gaming industry.