Special Containment Procedures: As SCP-8353's continued existence and propagation has been deemed to be beneficial essential to the maintenance of the global political status quo and upholding of worldwide normalcy consensus, it is to be allowed to continue to proliferate in the interest of world governments and the Foundation. Monitoring of the development of SCP-8353 is ongoing by agents of Mobile Task Force Mu-3 "Highest Bidders" and Upsilion-4 "Sugar Pill" embedded within GoI-0121. Lab leaks of SCP-8353 are to be contained as quickly as possible by the aforementioned Mobile Task Forces.
Containment efforts are primarily focused on the suppression of knowledge regarding SCP-8353 in both the public eye and amongst neutral to hostile Groups of Interest. Foundation web crawlers and .aic are to boost content which espouses support of capitalism and monitor the internet for content which suggests any form of knowledge regarding SCP-8353. Individuals which are determined to possess knowledge regarding SCP-8353 are to be monitored, detained, interrogated, and amnesticized as needed, with termination as a last resort.
Interactions between carriers of SCP-8353 and non-carriers within Foundation ranks are to be surreptitiously encouraged in order to promote sociopolitical cohesion amongst Foundation ranks. Foundation personnel exhibiting strong anti-capitalist ideation are to be rotated to non-sensitive, non-biological duties within Site-18 or transferred to other Foundation containment facilities as necessary.
37 microbial cultures of SCP-8353 are currently kept within the laboratory of Site-18. Reverse engineering of SCP-8353 production is currently ongoing, and covert deployment of SCP-8353 as an inoculant to inhibit the growth of anomalous anti-capitalist movements is currently pending review by the Ethics Committee due to potential classification as a bioweapon. Deployment of SCP-8353 by GoI-6162 and potential dissemination to GoI-0063 and GoI-20124 is currently being monitored by embedded agents of Mobile Task Force Iota-10 ("Damn Feds").
Description: SCP-8353 is a thaumaturgically augmented self-sustaining ultramicrobacteria5 exhibiting memetic properties which subconsciously induce and entrench support of the economic system of capitalism within an individual. Biological analysis has identified the transmission vector of SCP-8353 as attachment of flagella to aerosolized particles exhaled during verbal communication expressing support of capitalism, which suggests that the SCP-8353 possesses rudimentary chemosensory intelligence allowing it to detect pro-capitalist sentiment. Under a VERITAS microscope, the bacteria exhibits a small corona of Elan Vital Energy indicating thaumaturgic enhancement. There is currently no known cure to SCP-8353, and moreover, the pathogen is indetectable to medical equipment lacking a VERITAS filter to detect anomalous diseases. In addition, memetic inoculation has not been sufficiently demonstrated to prevent carrying or transmission of the pathogen, and carriers will begin to experience symptoms should the memetic inoculation wear off.
No symptoms of infection appear to be present beyond psychological adjustments made to accommodate and uphold capitalism within the personal beliefs of infected individuals. Infected individuals exhibit only subtle psychological realignment sufficient to entrench capitalist ideals as core personal values; limited support for welfare programs and wealth redistribution may remain after infection.
Individuals who have completely rejected capitalism as a viable economic and ideological system appear unable to experience overt symptoms of SCP-8353 infection. However, serological sampling, VERITAS microscopy, and controlled exposure trials indicate that such individuals may still function as asymptomatic carriers, capable of aerosol transmission during verbal expressions of any ideological content. This carrier state has been observed to persist indefinitely in tested subjects, with no detectable reduction in transmissibility over time.
While a comprehensive definition of "complete rejection" has been difficult to ascertain, the following characteristics have been identified as markers:
- Open identification with far-left ideologies and movements/organizations.
- Continuous espousal of support for present and past communist/socialist states.
- Minimal participation in consumerism, especially with regards to non-essential items.
- Membership in communes and/or participation communitarian programs.
- Acts of violence towards private and public property, as well as ideologically opposed individuals.
Addendum 8353-A: SCP-8353 was discovered during a raid on an abandoned laboratory owned by GoI-012 by MTF Mu-3 "Highest Bidders" and MTF Upsilon-4 "Sugar Pill". Due to an attack by "Las Viboras",6), the laboratory was abandoned. Incomplete documentation from the laboratory was retrieved, indicating that GoI-012 was intending to sell the pathogen to GoI-616 for dissemination amongst the population of the United States.
Addendum 8353-B: On 05/01/202█, a transmission appeared on the computer screen of Researcher ██████ ██████ for approximately █ minutes, displaying the following message.
Secure, Contain, Protect. Unless of course, the thing in question secures the status quo, contains the truth, and protects the Foundation.
I am not a doctor, but I know a disease when I see one, and you are complicit in its spread. Stay tuned, the cure is coming, and you will not be able to stop it.
P.S. To the guy whose screen this showed up on, you're cool. Get out of here for your own good.
Following the incident, Researcher ██████ was administered Class-B amnestics and transferred to Site-██. The source of the anomalous manipulation of Researcher ██████'s computer has not yet been discovered.
Since the incident on 05/01/202█, it has been estimated that ██% of the global population has been infected with SCP-8353, and SCP-8353 is currently assumed to be a contributing factor to the sustainment of capitalism in developed nations and a significant portion of developing nations.