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   AnarchoNinaWrites (anarchoninawrites@jorts.horse)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 17:42:59 JST AnarchoNinaWrites

   On one hand, I kind of hate the phrase "late-stage capitalism" because it implies that this is not always what capitalists seek to do, and that we've never been in a situation where they've captured the state/states to create hell on earth for profit - and man, history does not agree with that position.

   Otoh, we're running out of planet and either capitalism goes or literally billions of people are gonna die and right soon. It's late-stage SOMETHING.

   Torn.

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     AnarchoNinaWrites (anarchoninawrites@jorts.horse)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 17:42:58 JST AnarchoNinaWrites

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     @schrotthaufen yeah, maybe "death capitalism" or something. "ecocide capitalism." I dunno, but late-stage implies to me that people think it's going to end on its own. I dunno, maybe I'm just being too particular.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 17:42:58 JST Aral Balkan

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     @AnarchoNinaWrites @schrotthaufen I like to call it extinction-stage capitalism. And I use the term “like” very loosely.

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     schrotthaufen (schrotthaufen@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 17:42:59 JST schrotthaufen

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     @AnarchoNinaWrites Personally, I prefer to call it terminal capitalism, because it empathizes a) it’s deadly, and b) it’s a sickness.