“The system is broken and it must be fixed.”/“The system is working exactly as intended and must be destroyed.”

A meme that has one person (such as a conservative or a liberal, say “The system is broken and (it) must be fixed,” and an anrchist say, “The system is working exactly as intended and must be destroyed/dismantled,” has been printed on many images.
       
“The system isn’t broken. It was built that way” and “The system isn’t broken. It’s fixed” are related sayings.
 
   
Facebook
Jasiri Basel
July 13, 2022 at 8:16 AM ·
So many think the system is broken, but in so many ways it’s working as intended,for who intended.
       
Facebook
Rowen’s Consulting
March 22, 2023 at 8:00 PM ·
Image description: A meme in the trans drake meme format, a square divided into 4 panels. The top left panel is an illustration of a trans woman facing away from the text in the top right square, with her right hand raised up flat in a disapproving manner. The text in the top right box is, “The system is broken and must be fixed”. The bottom left panel is an illustration of the same trans woman facing toward from the text in the bottom right square, her left hand in the shape of a finger gun pointing toward the bottom right box in an approving manner. The text in the bottom right box is, “The system is working exactly as intended and must be destroyed”.
   
Facebook
E.M. Hughes
March 25, 2023 at 10:16 AM ͏ ·
To all who say the system is broken and must be fixed:
The system is working as it was meant to work, and must be abolished
 
Facebook
Richard Polvino
March 31, 2023 at 10:55 AM ·
The system is broken and must be fixed
🤔
The system is working exactly as intended and must be destroyed
👍
 
Bluesky
Lauren McKenzie
@themckenziest.gay
Seeing Martin Shkreli on here posting about how the more we need medicine, the more expensive it should be has me feeling some kinda way
{The system is broken
and must be fixed
The system is working exactly as intended and must be destroyed
ALT]
9:37 AM · May 4, 2023

Bluesky
Asajii Reynolds
@asajii.alreynolds.au
[meme with two halves. The top half shows Janet from The Good Place with her face scrunched up reacting unhappily to the words “the system is broken and must be fixed”. The bottom half shows Janet happily giving two thumbs up to the words “the system is working exactly as intended and must be dismantled”
ALT]
4:49 PM · Jul 27, 2023
 
X/Twitter
Xe ++
@xeplusplus
The system is broken
and must be fixed
The system is working exactly as intended and must be dismantled
9:15 AM · Aug 22, 2023
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X/Twitter
Ariëtte Harmens, fake name: ‘NIJEBOER’
@joiningme
What do you think?
1. The system is broken and must be fixed.
2. The system is working exactly as intended and must be destroyed.
Comment on how we can do this, other ideas.
Retweet for more input.
1. Let’s fix it..!
4.3%
2. Let’s destroy it..!
78.3%
3. Other.. (share idea)
17.4%
23 votes
Final results
4:52 PM · Aug 25, 2023
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X/Twitter
Andrés Diplotti
@adiplotti
El meme de the system is broken and must be fixed vs. the system is working as intended and must be destroyed.
10:43 AM · Sep 13, 2023
 
Bluesky
Andy Barnett
@hof1991.bsky.social
[The system is broken and must be fixed.  Reply.  The system is working exactly as intended and must be destroyed.
ALT]
2:32 PM · Sep 11, 2024
 
X/Twitter
Dmitry Braverman
@DmitriBraverman
The System Is Broken And It Must Be Fixed.
The System Is Working Exactly As Intended And Must Be Destroved
(This is also shown on an image.—ed.)
3:26 PM · Nov 3, 2026