Yeah this seems like it was written by a troll to me. The first paragraph calling out leftist "domestic economic terrorism", immediately followed by the second paragraph calling the workers "expendable" and admitting they're trying to "protect the stability of the shareholders", and then ending with "thank you for your attention to this matter", Trump's social media calling card. It all feels a little too on the nose, like when conservatives try to do sarcasm or irony.

It's /r/pics so it's 50/50.

Define "real"

I guarantee it's not an official message from the company. If for no other reason, they explicitly stated the employees are expendable. Companies are never that forthright about that language.

But it could be a laid off manager griping, a laid off employee, and since it's on the outside of the story, anyone could have taped it up so it doesn't have to be actually related to being employed by Claire's.

Of course it could be also purely for the Internet.

So no, it's not 'real', is it digitally faked? Possibly but why bother, it's a piece of paper printed out and taped to a storefront, easy enough to just do it. Is it a sincere rant from an employee or a customer? Possibly. Is it purely a joke? I think this is most likely.

So far I think it's real, this guy got fired from claire's and has been posting all their communications since:

https://www.instagram.com/donnyskipper/