Comments on: 11 of Banksy’s Best Critiques of Capitalism

By: Jason Medium

Jason Medium — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:27:57 +0000

Umm, am a little confused, “But you can’t just claim them for yourselves, hacking someone’s gable wall is not only frowned upon by the boys in blue, but by Banksy himself.” Glad Banksy frowns upon people hacking peoples walls, wonder what his views are on people vandelising other peoples walls with graffiti.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:37:10 +0000

The whole concept of “art” is capitalistic. The minute someone sees themselves as an “artist” they become capitalist.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:04:34 +0000

Get to his exhibition in Bristol, UK – (Be prepared to queue though – waited 4 hrs in the rain on a Tuesday!!!! other have waited longer!)

By: Fra Diavolo

Fra Diavolo — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:17:22 +0000

None of Banksy’s work is any more impressive than your average cafepress t-shirt.

By: H

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:13:46 +0000

it all swings back and forth. thank you Bansky for your futile efforts at beauty in a no more normal time than yesterday.

By: da vinci

da vinci — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:54:38 +0000

next time don’t speak leonardo capitalism ends with a open and free market. try school may do wonders for you

By: Jlee

Jlee — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:57:04 +0000

Quite the contrary. Any ruling establsihment that has staying power does so because they keep from being toppled. One of the ways of doing that is to keep those on the inside of their society from (1) assisting in outsiders’ toppling efforts, or (2) revolting from within. By being “supportive” of this guy (who I would call anti-establishment more than anti-capitalist) as the previous poster supposes, the government is merely creating an outlet for venting that, if sealed off, would probably be more dangerous to their power. In a society as apathetic as ours, it would take a lot more than banksy’s work to create a real danger to the establishment, and the establishment (correctly) reasons that doing something like arresting this guy would be more dangerous than “supporting” him.

But is our society really “supporting” him? We’re supporting him less than we support lady gaga, and that shit really IS vandalism (to my ears).

By: Mark Brown

Mark Brown — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:53:45 +0000

@Vanderleun – Thanks for your comment. I totally agree…nicely expressed too

By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:53:27 +0000

True Capitalism eventually turns into Communism, with corporations buying out the competition; we’re soon left with a monopoly. I’m impressed with Bansky’s work.

By: Vanderleun

Vanderleun — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:03:56 +0000

It is truly wonderful that capitalist societies have become so successful they can even support this fellow. It’s a testament to their essential benevolence. In other systems the charming Banksy would quickly find himself against the wall instead of painting on it.