i like the optimism embedded in the term "late stage capitalism"

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

i like the optimism embedded in the term "late stage capitalism"

[onesadcookie@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva I don’t read it as optimism but as a threat — either capitalism ends voluntarily, or the ensuing climate catastrophe ends humanity and capitalism with it.

[radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top]

@aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place I think it's a reference to the fact that later eras of empires, such as Ancient Rome, Qing Dynasty China, and Egypt's 20th Dynasty, were utter shit to live in with leaders who do nothing and jack off while people are starving and shit's about to hit the fan ​​

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@OneSadCookie it is optimism in the same way "surely this nightmare must end eventually" is optimism

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@radmin yes. that is optimism.

[hardpenguin13@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva eh the stage is late but it might not yet be final and there is no telling how long it takes