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late capitalism 

The advanced stage of unmanaged capitalism in which corporations and the wealthy, having run out of quick and easy paths to profit and economic growth, begin cannibalizing the societies in which they operate instead of investing in them.

Features: Declining wages for workers, privatization of government, dismantling of social services, sale of cultural & national heritage, debtor's prisons, corporate invasion of people's personal lives, and punishment (and ultimately enslavement) of the poor.
A: Did you hear that Zuckerberg is tearing down the national park to build his new fortified megamansion?
B: Yeah dude, wanna go to the Pepsi™-sponsored protest against it later?
A: Truly, late capitalism is the best system to live under.

A: Did you know that boomers can now spend $8,000 to get transfusions of children's blood so they live longer?
B: Haha, late capitalism strikes again!
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Communist Capitalism 

Also called Marxist Capitalism. A form of capitalism where you are paid in social benefits instead of money and/or your social benefits are determined by how much work you do. This economic type was the main economic type in the Soviet Union. While this economic type is often referred to as communism, it is much closer to capitalism.
The Soviet Union never achieved communism. They achieved communist capitalism.

SEC (Socially Engineered Capitalism) 

A factor that represents the promotion, perpetuation, and persuasion of economic influence to maintain the status quo for the one percent in power.
Economic treason results from the occupation of labor forces in countries other than that of residing corporate board directors where profit values are substantiated by the SEC (Socially Engineered Capitalism).

can-do capitalism 

A version of capitalism based on telling people what to buy and how to live in order to force them to behave in ways that solves climate change.

Often involves establishing rules around what people 'can do' and therefore what they 'cannot do'.

The concept was designed in Australia as an alternative to 'cannot-do' capitalism, where people were empowered to make their own choices as there were no rules proscribing what they could not do. Also related to laissez faire economics.
Scott Morrison says 'can-do capitalism' will solve climate change
can-do capitalism by Aceyducey November 10, 2021

Capitalism 

Something I'd probably advocate if what the rich wanted us to believe was actually true, that the poor are lazy and the rich are hard working.
Moron: I'm a capitalist because I know that every poor person is lazy and that if I work hard, I'll be rich because only hard workers get rich.
Smart guy: So the rich never screw anyone over to get there?
Moron: Not at all! Don't let those stupid liberals convince you otherwise.
Smart guy: You think capitalism is perfect?
Moron: Yes!
Capitalism by blackwhitebrown9 November 7, 2010

anarcho-capitalism 

From 'a' meaning 'without' and 'arch' meaning rulers plus capitalism. In other words capitalism without rulers. Rulers are taken as the state, whilst the term 'capitalism' included is taken to coincide with the liberal definition of capitalism as opposed to the Marxist one. That of freedom only finishing where the freedom of another is curtailed.
Anarcho-capitalism would be like now but without drug prohibition hence without drug gangs; without taxes hence without low wages and economic underperfomance; without the state hence without war.

capitalism 

A system that never really existed and is made fun of by people who desire socialism, which also has never really existed.
Political economist are the modern sophist.
capitalism by Squamous Chicken August 19, 2003