“The invisible hand of the market is fisting us at night”

Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) wrote in his book The Wealth of Nations (1776) about an “invisible hand” in a free market that directs wealth and resources to where use is most efficient. Many people have commented unfavorably about an “invisible hand.”
     
“The invisible hand, fisting us all” was posted on Twitter by matthew on April 22, 2010. “I hope you realize ‘the invisible hand’ is fisting all of us” was posted on Twitter by Working Class Wolf on October 19, 2011. “The invisible hand is fisting us” was posted on Twitter by Lindy Zee on February 10, 2012. “the invisible hand of the market is fisting us all” was posted on Twitter by Airborne Toxic Event Planner on June 11, 2016.
   
“I haven’t, but you crack me up. My house in college wanted to sell tshirts that said ‘I’m being fisted by the invisible hand’ but our resident heads nixed the idea. 😂” was posted on Twitter by Professor KPA on November 12, 2018. “The invisible hand of the free market is fisting me” was posted on Twitter by Scümbled Eggs 🐀 on May 16, 2023.
   
“Marx was smart/ Nick Land was right/ The invisible hand of the market/ Is fisting us at night” are lyrics in “A C C E L E R A T E — The Accelerationist Song” (July 2019) by JrEg.
   
“Capitalism is controlled by an ‘invisible hand’ that gives most people the invisible finger” is another “invisible hand” saying.
 
   
Wikipedia; Invisible hand
The invisible hand is a metaphor used by the Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith that describes the inducement a merchant has to keep his capital at home, thereby increasing the domestic capital stock and enhancing military power, both of which are in the public interest and neither of which he intended. Some later authors have broadened this to imply the unintended greater social impacts brought about by individuals acting in their own self-interests. Smith originally mentioned the term in his work Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759, but it has actually become known from his main work The Wealth of Nations, where the phrase is mentioned only once, in connection with import restrictions.
       
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matthew
@thematthewshow
The invisible hand, fisting us all: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63L2LS20100422?rpc=60
11:51 AM · Apr 22, 2010
   
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Working Class Wolf
@_odlanyeR
I hope you realize “the invisible hand” is fisting all of us.
12:52 AM · Oct 19, 2011
   
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Lindy Zee
@YoLindy
The invisible hand is fisting us:
http://redd.it/pjuw8
#OWS #Economics #AdamSmith #Occupy
4:39 PM · Feb 10, 2012
 
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ʝօռ ʍօʀֆɛ
@jonfmorse
@albinotornado The invisible hand is fisting me, brother.
1:58 AM · Jul 11, 2012
   
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This Is My Jam
@Marcos_El_Malo
@blogdiva @sabokitty HELP!! The Invisible Hand is fisting me!
11:31 AM · Mar 20, 2014 from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
   
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Liza Sabater 🇵🇷👸🏾🌹
@blogdiva
HERE! HAVE SOME TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS RT
@Marcos_El_Malo: @sabokitty
HELP!! The Invisible Hand is fisting me!
11:34 AM · Mar 20, 2014
   
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Drew Reid
@dreid_5
The invisible hand is absolutely fisting me right now - Chippy
10:09 PM · May 11, 2014
     
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Cholifut
@Cholifut
@BroTeamPill Don’t mind if I d- HOW IS THIS REAL? The invisible hand of the free market fisted me hard.
7:18 AM · Feb 9, 2015
     
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Airborne Toxic Event Planner
@vnknowncaller
the invisible hand of the market is fisting us all
8:15 AM · Jun 11, 2016
   
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Patrick Hussey
@PatrickRiot
I keep telling people the Invisible Hand is fisting us. Crowdfunding is the visible hand. It can be great. https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/09/liberty-is-crowdfunding-a-legal-challenge-to-uk-surveillance-law/
4:59 AM · Jan 10, 2017
   
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Ginger Is A Construct, PhD
@GingerConstruct
We should have guessed that the Invisible Hand of the free market is fisting us.
10:23 AM · Mar 7, 2017
 
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Fidel Destro
@Spectre_7
Don’t mind me. Just over here getting fisted by the invisible hand of the market without consent.
7:48 PM · Sep 17, 2017
 
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Billy Christ
@RedLetrCrusader
In case you haven’t been paying attention to #NetNeutrality, let me summarize:  the Invisible Hand of the Market is about to give everybody a vigorous fisting.
5:06 PM · Dec 14, 2017
     
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Professor KPA
@kpanyc
I haven’t, but you crack me up. My house in college wanted to sell tshirts that said “I’m being fisted by the invisible hand” but our resident heads nixed the idea. 😂
9:24 PM · Nov 12, 2018
   
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Disembodied Skull 2024
@pezosaurus
40 years of neoliberal policies under Rs and Ds brought us Trump. People are sick of getting fisted by the invisible hand of the market.
12:46 PM · May 6, 2019
     
Genius (lyrics)
A C C E L E R A T E — The Accelerationist Song
JrEg
Featuring Allison Martinelli
Jul. 23, 2019
(...)
Marx was smart
Nick Land was right
The invisible hand of the market
Is fisting us at night
   
YouTube
A C C E L E R A T E — The Accelerationist Song
jREG
Jul 23, 2019
This is probably the worst video I’ve ever made.
Song by request. To get a truly accelerative experience watch this video in 1.25 - 2x speed.
 
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Sir Philippe, esquire
@pateksupport
The invisible hand is fisting us and we have no clue
8:52 PM · Sep 26, 2019
   
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Dreddras
@Dreddras1
The invisible hand has been fisting us no-lube for generations.  Time to try something different.
1:54 PM · Oct 12, 2019
   
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@murakumos
“the invisible hand of the market is fisting us at night”
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8:38 AM · Dec 28, 2019
   
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Pedro ‘‘Clinging to Static’’ Guimarães
@PepiLeMoko
Marx was Smart
Nick Land was Right
The invisible hand of the market…
is fisting us AT NIGHT!
2:21 PM · Feb 17, 2020
     
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justanotherleftistaccount
MARCH 8, 2020
The invisible hand of the free market is fisting us at night
 
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Hot beef sandwich fan
@nada_lemming
The invisible hand feels like it’s fisting me.
10:21 AM · Mar 25, 2020
         
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Kevin Gannon
@TheTattooedProf
The Invisible Hand is just a fist, hitting you over and over
3:08 PM · Apr 5, 2020
 
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Billy Christ
@RedLetrCrusader
It looks like the Invisible Hand of the Market is giving your side a vigorous fisting. Now you know how the rest of us feel. Just relax and try to enjoy yourself.
4:26 PM · Oct 15, 2020
 
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g*nçalo cae*ro
@slaveambient
i’m currently being fisted by the invisible hand of capitalism, don’t mind me
7:49 PM · Jan 5, 2021
 
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JB #fuck2020three #FuckYouMarcos #standwithUkraine
@akustikboy
Call me a pessimist but as much as this #GME #wallstreetbets thing is one of the most hilarious cases of the “invisible hand” of the market brutally fisting rich people in the ass, this will do little to correct the very fucked up nature of our capitalist society.
7:46 AM · Jan 28, 2021
     
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katherine 🔪
@undercoverismgf
The invisible hand of the market just fisted me 🥴
1:07 PM · Jan 28, 2021
       
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Jreg lyric bot
@Jreg_bot
The invisible hand of the market is fisting us at night
3:31 AM · Feb 5, 2021
 
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@borgdad
Alexa, show me what it’s like to get fisted by the invisible hand of the market.
3:57 PM · Feb 16, 2021
     
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simon templar
@simonsez40
Eventually everyone will figure out that the only thing the Invisible Hand of the Market does is give most of us a good, hard fisting.
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Michael Paulauski
@mike10010100
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Feb 16, 2021
The utility troubles in Texas are 100% a failure of a bullshit free market system that completely isolated Texas from the surrounding states that could have helped it in this time of need, and emphasized profit over literally everything else.
Show this thread
9:39 AM · Feb 17, 2021
 
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Bonzo
@lamcedrom
the invisible hand of the market is fisting me
4:32 AM · Nov 10, 2021
       
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🖤🐥
@Straight_Dahmer
The invisible hand visibly fisted us
4:34 AM · Dec 1, 2021
 
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Elon Musk 🐀 official alt account
@GooseRocket
The invisible hand of the free market is really fisting me, the real Elon Musk, and I am all for it
7:23 PM · Nov 6, 2022
   
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Armus 🏴♿️
@the_bread_pill
looking at playstation owners flip their shit about starfield. its hilarious to me how the gaming industry is perpetually a perfect example of how capitalism constantly fucks the consumer, yet Gamers perpetually cape for the invisible hand that’s fisting them (derogatory)
8:45 AM · Mar 1, 2023
   
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@annoyinghippy
“The invisible hand of the market is fisting us at night”
1:40 AM · May 11, 2023
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Scümbled Eggs 🐀
@scrumble_eggs
The invisible hand of the free market is fisting me.
8:57 PM · May 16, 2023