On Calling It Capitalism

I think a lot times calling something capitalism comes off flip, but the sorry reality is that the problems of society today stem directly from capitalistic logic and there is no mystery about it. Referencing a 1800s analysis over and over again is exhausting, but largely the logic has not changed. The simplicity of naming it, though, is useful bc, since the 1800s, capital has been resisted. We don’t have to reinvent the resistance, we just have to do it. eg “enshittification“ is a useful analysis of contemporary tech in the marketplace, but it has escaped containment and people conflate it with capitalism. Killing capitalism will kill enshittification. On Calling It Capitalism 10 Jul, 2026 "> 10 Jul, 2026 Published by Darren