Who Put a Labubu on Karl Marx’s Grave?
Okay, fess up. Who did it? Which one of you put a Labubu on the grave of Das Kapital author Karl Marx? Evidence of the Labubufication of Marx’s grave first surfaced on July 20, when a Twitter user posted a pic they thought was highlighting letters written by Chinese students placed there. But the internet noticed something else. Someone put a Labubu with red shorts almost dead center on the grave. And we want to know whomst, right now!
Folks are divided on this …tribute(??) to the German political theorist. Is it “the perfect immanentization of socialism with Chinese characteristics,” or is the Labubu-dropper “going straight to the gulag“? A Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave is kind of a perfect metaphor for These Trying Times — when oppression and suffering is shared online right next to unboxing videos, and when even the most complex political ideologies are spread farthest and quickest through memes. Democratic socialists are winning primaries, but live-action Stitch is winning at the box office and letting Lilo go into foster care. There’s just a lot going on. If you’re not meeting the Rizzler, you’re putting a Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave, ya know?
Also, it should have been Engels. He was always for the girls.
Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave VS Anime Girl on Leonard Cohen’s grave https://t.co/AZnaxNErhs pic.twitter.com/3XKsR8bFFJ
— irix ????????????️???? (@queerbobdylan) July 22, 2025
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