When Jobski first arrives on Earth, they perform manual labor out of their sense of compassion and duty, but once introduced to the concepts of market economy and fiat currency, those feelings are replaced by the desperation of the rat wheel that is modern society. Stuck taking on any odd job they can find in order to afford basic necessities like clothing and shelter, the only escape for Jobski is going back to the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism… SPACE!

When the interests of capitalism and nationalism converge, the state comes to the working class to fuel the war machine with the blood of the impoverished and the innocent. Lacking the financial means and life experience to resist, young workers of Orange Star and Black Hole alike offer up their lives in the feeble hopes that they may protect their fellow citizens and find financial stability for their own families on the other side of the blood soaked veil of armed conflict.

As this proud automaton toils day and night for the well-being of the Sanderson family, who occupy themselves only with the petty matters of their privileged lives, oblivious to the plights of the household toys, so do the workers of our society toil, maintaining the basis for the privileged lives of the willfully ignorant middleclass. Allow not the medium of Telly Vision to cloud our eyes, make us complacent and blind to what we all should be united in striving for.

Born straight into ruthless exploitation of their labor, the Pikmin are a perfect mirror image of the working class under capitalism. The flower headed masses live their lives only to generate profit for the spacesuit wearing ruling class, receiving nothing in return, save for the mere promise to see the sun rise another day. May the proud Pikmin one day realize the true strength of their collective power, cast away their shackles and join forces across color and creed to finally claim the freedom, dignity and happiness they all deserve.

Dude’s a plumber.