How do you make this post and add misinformation in the comments? Do you even k ow the story?

It’s because I finally decided to physically fight the guy calling his 5 girl friends back to back on speakerphone.

Does your ego feel bigger now?

On my cake day at that! 😭

Are they doing the labor? Do they manage the place? That’s not a capitalist. A capitalist is someone who uses wealth to invest for the sake of profit and profit alone. Please show me an artist building a tattoo shop for profit and nothing else. Workers who support capitalist ideals are not capitalists, they’re just workers living under capitalism. Lot of y’all need to retake some basic Econ and government courses.

It wasn’t a 1:1 comparison. Just an example of a shop that is not inclusive of every tattoo.

Would it have been less weird if I asked for artists who don’t tattoo white supremacy? Why is there even a difference? I wouldn’t go to a neonazi shop with my tattoo request, just like a white supremacist tattoo is not welcome in many shops.

A capitalist does not work for their capital. They do not labor for it. Tattoo artists are workers.

Sorry, I’m feeling salty because I’m getting inboxed a bunch of garbage for making this post. I see the meta comment now.

Using your body to make art is working. They do not own the means of production. Tattooing is labor.

If I was asking my dentist to decorate my teeth with an anti capitalist critique I absolutely would check. If I was asking my doctor for an anticapitalist medical procedure I would ask.

The difference is that I am commissioning art. It’s reasonable to buy art from artists who enjoy the commission.

The tattoo itself is anticapitalist. It’s an anticap tattoo, Im not seeking someone with my same values just someone who won’t mind making anticapitalist artwork.

Because some shops make it very clear who is not welcome. I’m looking for shops that don’t have that kind of messaging.

Y’all are really lacking critical thinking if you believe having anticapitalist values means total abstention from all currency.

Oh, you’re lacking critical thinking!

Incarceration is peak capitalism. And I never said an anticapitalist tattoo, I said a tattoo that has an anti capitalist meaning.

Thanks! If the artist I contacted can’t book me I’ll look here next.

I absolutely never asked for a free tattoo. I’ve spent $1000s on ink because they require highly skilled artists who deserve to be paid. Seriously no one reads.

How exactly is it cringe to find artists who feel comfortable accepting a commission?

Honestly not sure how to phrase it neutrally. People are going to react and make assumptions instead of asking clarifying questions. I frankly don’t want to waste an artists time getting a consult for a tattoo they won’t create.

Another Commenter recommended Pearl Street and it looks like a good fit for me.

I wish I had an award to give you. Pearl Streets mission statement matches exactly what I am Looking for in my next tattoo.

I was a tattoo with an anticapitalist meaning only. under our current economic conditions a truly “anticapitalist” tattoo would be very hard to achieve. I fundamentally don’t believe there is ethical consumption under late stage capitalism. Yes, I can resist it, but I cannot abstain from all acts of capitalism if I want to be a part of my community.

I will wait months, the best tattoos come from highly sought artists.

20 tattoos including hands and skull. Sounds like you’ve never walked into a shop and been turned away which does happen.

There was a neo nazi shop in my old city, I’m just trying to avoid walking into another shop like that.