WTF is “Late-Stage Capitalism” Anyway?
A brief, semi-informed definition of a term I’ve been using a lot.
4 min readFeb 20, 2022
I’m guilty of parroting popular culture.
A reader (dare I say, a fan?) pointed out to me that I keep using the phrase “late-stage capitalism” in a throwaway manner, as if assuming that everyone knows and agrees on what that actually means.