Late stage capitalism. Back in the 90s the corpos didn’t want to squeeze every last drop out of you like they do today. Might be nostalgia, but it feels like this kinda started ramping up around the 08 collapse…
They absolutely did want to squeeze every last drop out of you. They’ve never not. The only difference is that we’ve had decades of regulatory capture, unrestricted corporate mergers, and lower tax rates for the rich. So now they’re free to squeeze much harder than they have previously.
Late stage capitalism. Back in the 90s the corpos didn’t want to squeeze every last drop out of you like they do today. Might be nostalgia, but it feels like this kinda started ramping up around the 08 collapse…
They absolutely did want to squeeze every last drop out of you. They’ve never not. The only difference is that we’ve had decades of regulatory capture, unrestricted corporate mergers, and lower tax rates for the rich. So now they’re free to squeeze much harder than they have previously.
Past Tense was ‘90s Star Trek writers’ best guess at what late stage capitalism might look like.
Our current actual reality is literally worse than they could imagine.