I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money

Written by:
Madeline Pendleton
Narrated by:
Madeline Pendleton

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
11
Narrator
8
Release Date
January 2024
Duration
8 hours 26 minutes
Summary
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A big-hearted, no-bullshit memoir from the TikTok superstar about her journey from living paycheck to paycheck to creating a multi-million-dollar business that offers a compassionate alternative to capitalism • Includes no-nonsense life and money advice, from negotiating pay and building credit to putting home ownership within reach

'Madeline's life is unique yet wildly relatable...Readers will be thoroughly engaged, as every hardship comes with a lesson that Madeline skillfully shares with us. A thought-provoking, mind-tingling reading experience.'—Mercury Stardust, the Trans Handy Ma’am and author of Safe and Sound

Imagine a job where you work four days a week and earn as much as the CEO. You also get full benefits, a gym membership, free lunch, and unlimited time off, no questions asked. Hard-won profits don’t just end up in the CEO’s pocket—they’re distributed equally among all employees. The company even buys you your very own car. It sounds too good to be true, but this is the reality at Tunnel Vision, the clothing company that Madeline Pendleton built from the ground up.

Like so many Americans, Madeline used to struggle to make ends meet. Raised by a punk dad and a goth mom in Fresno, California, she spent her teens intermittently homeless, relying on the kindness and spare couches of the local punk community to get by. By her twenties, she was drowning in student loans and credit card debt, working long hours and sick of her bosses treating her as disposable. Then her boyfriend, struggling with financial stress, died by suicide. Capitalism was literally killing her loved ones—she knew there must be a better way.

Madeline decided to study the rules of capitalism, the game everyone is forced to play. She used what she learned to build a new kind of business, one rooted in an ethos of community care.

Millennials and Gen Zers like Madeline are facing an unprecedented financial reality: Stagnant wages, skyrocketing housing costs, a student debt crisis. I Survived Capitalism is essential reading for anyone searching for hope and stability in an unjust world.
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Anonymous

After listening to the audiobook, I feel a sense of hope and optimism that I and everyone I love can survive the brutal nature of capitalism, and I thank Madeleine for providing me with this newfound sense of hope.

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Kaivyn W.

Love Madeline, and this book was all I hoped it would be. Fun but real, and easy to understand, and useful information. Not a spoiler, but My favorite part was near the end, the conversation with the business owner guy at the party, wiiiiild how he couldn’t handle the concept of treating others well.

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Anonymous

Wonderful read. Full of heart

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Anonymous

In an era where the gulf between the haves and the have-nots seems to widen with each passing moment, this idea of Equitable Empires emerges not just as a book but as a clarion call for radical transformation from within the capitalist framework. This masterpiece doesn't just critique the greed-infested waters of capitalism; it dares to sail them with a revolutionary compass, charting a course towards a world where equity is not just a dream, but a lived reality of at least one crew aboard this soulless ship called Tunnel Vision. Madeline Pendleton, the Capitan of said ship, hasn't just written any biography here, she's written a self-lived account about how she beat the system at its own game, by relating a real story of her lifetime. How she has ethically survived a rigged system stacked against her at every turn is revolutionary in the best possible way, and nothing short of inspirational. More than that though, it's written for an accessible and general audience; bottom to top rags to a sustainable community, a story that would benefit literally any reader willing to listen. This book has taught me personally that in a world where the wealthy believe they live in a world of abundance and comfort, rebellion is definitely not living in a world of excess alongside them... it's joining the b*******, but rejecting their idea of individualism and self gain, while radically accepting the facts that "Every job is equally important, or it simply wouldn't exist." -Madeline Pendleton

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Tash P.

This will be a book that does change our world. I know it’s changing mine. Thanks Madeline<3

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