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I can't see how we are not at the beginning of end stage capitalism one way or another. I don't know what it will look like, but either a lot of it is going to come crumbling down, or the mega corporations are going to get even bigger and somehow control even more.

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[–] HikingVet 38 points 18 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah can we get rid of this stupid meme format? He made millions off of that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

I mean, haven't y'all been replying this exact thing every time it's posted and it keeps getting posted? I think either it's not working or people don't care. Or both even

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I think this video should be posted whenever Steven Crowder is mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Yikes. I have so many thoughts at this.

  1. How the hell did someone get this footage? This looks like their house.

  2. I feel sorry for that woman but also she made the choice to marry known piece of shit Steven Crowder so this is at least partially due to her poor choices.

  3. As always, I feel an overwhelming urge to punch Steven in the face.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago
  1. The woman in the video released the footage, to help her case against him.

  2. we're seeing a leopard eat a face in real time, here

  3. same, he needs a short, sharp, shock. Right to the head. I would also settle for a swift kick in his ass.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

I believe it came out during his divorce hearings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

It does feel like the oligarchs are making their endgame moves. They don't care about functioning economies anymore, they just want control of whatever is left. If nobody stops them in the US, they're coming for all of us.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Please don't promote fascists even in meme form.

Also this stuff about "xxxx stage" capitalism is corny AF. The system is far more complicated than some imaginary tankie phases. Online nostradamuses.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The idea of there being an 'end-stage' of capitalism is deterministic nonsense.

Feudalism lasted 1000+ years. Capitalism is not going to destroy itself; we need to destroy it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Absolutely agree with your broader point, but I always thought the expression meant "this is the inevitable societal structure that capitalists have worked to achieve," not "this is the termination point."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

The people who use the term are often pretty heavy on the "Capitalism falls because of its own contradictions" line of thinking, which is a touch too 19th century materialist for a 21st century analysis.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Conditions in the US aren't as bad as Russia in 1917 or China just after the war years (i.e. WWII).

10s of millions or American sheeple tolerate corporations because they are politically stupid and dependent (or think they are necessarily dependent) on the system.

I see this going on for decades.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Probably climate will colapse soon

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

I see no major collapse in the next 30 years, and little collapses might serve as a warning.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 17 hours ago

The beginning? I'd say we're well into it now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

I recommend this little blog post for an interesting view on this subject: https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/18/pikettys-productivity/

The point being capitalism will always revive from the ashes only to turn to shit again and collapse once monopolists seize power. So yes its in its end stage but not the kind where something else will replace it most likely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Primarily in the US you mean? Things are different in other countries. The A and in and aren't having nearly as much difficulties with Capitalism.