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what are we looking at here? I tried researching labubu but I'm still missing something
In the first picture, if you zoom in on the middle of the objects on the ground, you can see kind of a doll on top of the papers. Labubus are collectible dolls that come with a special guarantee of authenticity, and are popular enough they've already started making knockoffs. Imagine that someone remembered how Beanie Babies were supposed to be collectibles, but thought "they need to make everything more scarce, make sure that they can't be easily duplicated, and we'll charge $100 for each of them. But we'll make sure that people can't get the one they want, the one they get in the box will be random. And there's going to be a 'secret' one that you can only get through this $100 lottery."
Now imagine that example of needless, crass commercialism as an offering on top of Marx' grave.
Sad times, but certainly a decent indicator to return to Hegel, no? I'm sad, but thank you for the clarity regardless lol
A specific brand of creepy doll that is trendy right now in certain countries
My understanding is that labubus are basically beanie babies and Funko pops