Capitalism Symbol
Very good question came in today. Lili from Austria asked: “Matt, what is the symbol of capitalism?” I was thinking about it alot recently and had many troubles when trying to think of a picture that I could relate to capitalism. Then I figured out, that symbol does not have to be a picture, it can be a thing, and asset or anything else.
Therefor I would put money, as the capitalism symbol. No currency actually but money as an ultimate asset that is used in capitalism. Now if you want a picture as a symbol, I would use some sort of currency symbol.
Here is the list of symbols I took from wikipedia:
¤ Generic currency sign (used when the correct sign is not available)
฿ Thai baht sign
Bs Venezuelan bolívar and Bolivian boliviano
Br Belarusian Rouble sign
₵ Ghanaian cedi sign
¢ Cent sign (a subdivision of dollars and some other currencies)
₡ Colón sign (used in Costa Rica and in El Salvador)
₫ Vietnamese đồng sign
€ Euro sign
ƒ Aruban Florin sign. Formerly used for the Dutch guilder – see also florin.
Ft Hungarian forint sign
Rs. Pakistani Rupees sign
Rs. Indian Rupees sign
₲ Paraguayan guaraní sign
₭ Lao kip sign
kr short for Danish krone, Norwegian krone, Swedish krona, Icelandic króna and Estonian kroon
£ Pound/lira sign
₥ Mill sign (a thousandth / one-tenth of a cent)
₦ Nigerian naira sign
₱ Philippine peso sign
P Botswana pula sign
Q Guatemalan Quetzal sign
R South African rand sign
Rp rupiah sign in Indonesia
৲ rupee mark (Bengal)
৳ rupee sign (Bengal)
RON Romanian leu (Romania)
R$ Brazilian real sign
S/. Peruvian sol sign
$ Dollar/Peso sign (used countries that use the dollar (or similar): US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tonga or peso: Argentina, Cuba and Mexico. In some countries, it is drawn with two vertical lines , known as cifrão. These are Brazil, Cape Verde and Chile. It can also be prefixed with a letter to differentiate currencies as in C$)
Kazakhstani tenge sign
₮ Mongolian tögrög sign
₩ Korean won sign (used in both South and North Korea.)
¥ Chinese Renminbi yuan/Japanese yen sign
zł Polish Złoty sign
₴ Ukrainian hryvnia sign
₪ Israeli new sheqel sign
៛ Cambodian riel sign
ریال Iranian Rial sign
руб Russian ruble
Kč Czech koruna sign
S₣ Swiss Franc sign
Д Serbian Dinar sign
RM Malaysian ringgit
So we might say that all above currency signs are actually symbols of capitalism. And just as a reminder, people relate different things to capitalism. For example, one might consider wealth as a symbol of capitalism, other might put poverty as a symbol. But the general capitalism symbol is money I would say.
Written by: Matt
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