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 Is it late stage fiat or late stage capitalism? 🤔 
 Good question 
 What capitalism? 
 We don’t live in capitalism 
 Depends what you mean by capitalism

If you mean large, remote impersonal markets directing capital then I could see it going either way

If you mean the accumulation of capital driving human progress then I don't see that going away anytime soon 
 Capitalism is just human nature. There is no late stage. It is as a part of forever as arms, legs, a torso, and a head. 
 Capitalism, socialism, fascism, democracy, oligarchy, plutocracy, aristocracy, republicanism, fiat, crypto, tolerance, intolerance or whatever. 
Society has become a Rorschach test where everyone sees the things they hate eroding the things they like.