late-capitalist
Post-industrial profit-driven
Late-capitalist describes the current phase of capitalism characterized by globalized markets, financialization, consumerism, and corporate dominance.
The term often carries critical undertones, suggesting a system in decline or nearing transformation: late-capitalist dystopia, the late-capitalist hellscape of targeted advertising.
Sometimes used sardonically to frame mundane modern frustrations as symptoms of systemic decay: Paying $12 for avocado toast is peak late-capitalist.
People with vast fortunes
- oligarchyRule by few
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- precarityState of persistent vulnerability
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
homelessness · underclass · marginalization · redlining · cost-of-living
Exploitative manufacturing facilities
- precariatClass facing chronic instability
- alienationState of being isolated
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
Cheap, trend-driven apparel industry
- influencersPeople with online sway
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- e-commerceInternet-based buying and selling
Pro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- corporatocracyRule by business interests
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- collapseSudden structural failure
- accelerationismIntensify systems to destroy them
Operating across multiple countries
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- offshoringMoving work overseas
- maquiladorasMexican export-processing factories
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
Purchases of entire companies
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- derivativesThings derived from another
bailouts · cryptocurrency · NFTs · fintech
billionaires
People with vast fortunes
- oligarchyRule by few
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- precarityState of persistent vulnerability
austerity · homelessness · underclass · marginalization · redlining · cost-of-living
sweatshops
Exploitative manufacturing facilities
- precariatClass facing chronic instability
- alienationState of being isolated
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
fast-fashion
Cheap, trend-driven apparel industry
- influencersPeople with online sway
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
neoliberalism
Pro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- corporatocracyRule by business interests
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- collapseSudden structural failure
multinational
Operating across multiple countries
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- offshoringMoving work overseas
- maquiladorasMexican export-processing factories
buyouts
Purchases of entire companies
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
derivatives · bailouts · cryptocurrency · NFTs · fintech
late-capitalistfeudal
Of tiered landownership
pre-industrial · mercantile · agrarian · hunter-gatherer · ancient
late-capitalistsocialist
Proponent of collective ownership
communist · post-capitalist · collectivist · non-capitalist · planned economy
late, later, latest, lately, lateness, belated, capital, capitalist, capitalism