Amerika

Maybe this

That you can lease prison labor.

Capitalists will say that it’s fine for an economy to have a few capitalists own all capital and all physical and intellectual property while common people are only allowed to rent it from the capitalists at whatever rate the capitalist pleases. However, capitalists will also say that the evil of socialism is that you won’t be allowed to own property. That’s the most capitalist thing I’m aware of.

Recently?

How a lawyer in America got jailed for legally fighting against(and defeating) an American multi-national oil company that polluted the Amazon and more importantly harmed the lives and health of the locals with the pollution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OtIAZMqrZE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Donziger

“Vote with your wallet” means more money gets you more votes.

Some users leaving Reddit/instagram/twitter is not a problem, especially considering network effects, but some advertisers leaving is a crisis.

Hong Kong’s subway system offers fare discounts if you use the entrances/exits that require you to walk through a mall, as part of their monetisation of spaces required to access public services

I see a private ambulance service driving around my town occasionally and it always makes my skin crawl

Charging money for supplies after people had there whole lives uprooted by a natural disaster. Cough cough hurricane helene

Neocolonialism maybe?

Today I heard Meta has laid off workers because they brought their own food for lunch instead of buying it from the company cafeteria.

Motorcycle airbag vests that will not work if you aren’t up-to-date on the subscription payments when you have a crash…

I once read that there are some states in the U.S. where firefighters don’t put out fires in houses that don’t pay a monthly subscription.