The end of capitalism??
B. Lorenzo Buckinchere
Jun 14, 2026
There has been a paradigm shift in recent years that consists of more and more people walking away from the modern workforce.
And although I am completely in favor of this shift, and have even discussed it in some of my most recent articles, there are those who will undoubtedly point towards this shift as the inevitable end of capitalism.
Not only that, but they will no doubt cheer it on, as capitalism as we know it is demolished like a condemned building. But is that actually good or bad?
First of all, what is capitalism?
Capitalism as I understand it, is the means by which to embark on certain ventures and opportunities based on how much capital you have, hence the name, capitalism.
This is in stark contrast to the so-called old world, where the lot of one’s birth determined how far you were able to climb the social hierarchy.
In that world, a feudal serf marrying into royalty was most unheard of, as only aristocrats within the nobility could do that.
Then when Europeans came to America, capitalism got thrown around a lot, as if to suggest that capitalism is akin to equality.
But what ended up happening instead, was that capitalism ended up creating a new social hierarchy in the so-called new world, where White men had most of the capital, while minorities (African-Americans, jews, poor immigrants, etc.) became a part of “The Help,” otherwise called the workforce.
Then there came the divide of white-collar versus blue-collar jobs, where the blue-collar made up the vast majority of the American workforce, (factory assembly-lines, railroad builders, mail delivery, construction, etc.).
Sidebar: Poor migrants were called immigrants, while wealthy migrants were called expatriates.
In 2026, the families who ended up with a vast majority of the capital are those who built their wealth very early in American history, otherwise called “old money.” Think, J.P. Morgan, J.D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, etc. Titans of Industry. Pioneers of Commerce.
You get the idea.
Those wealthy families are the ones who call the shots, and control much of your daily reality. And undoubtedly, they are some of the ones who anti-corporates love to hate like housewives to an operatic soap villain.
When they talk about “evil capitalism squeezing me dry,” they are talking about traditional capitalism.
But what they haven’t considered is that there are many forms of capitalism.
Well, really only two kinds.
Traditional capitalism, which created a new form of hierarchy that put White men at the top. And now, the newer form of capitalism that may be replacing it.
It’s true that America is the free-market of the world. But people often confuse “Free Market” with “Capitalism.”
Capitalism by itself doesn’t necessarily imply that freedom to buy and sell anything you want is also freedom for all. Remember, capitalism is really just a freedom of opportunities based on capital.
It’s just that traditional capitalism created a hierarchy which made certain that only a few families in the world had any real capital.
What the American free market actually does is to allow anyone regardless of socio-economic background, or neuro-diversity, to eke out a sustainable living for themselves, based on what they have, and how well they market it to the world.
True resilience is in constantly showing up for life. If one thing doesn’t work, try something else.
But only the pursuit is guaranteed, not the happiness.
Yet and still, there has never been a time such as now, where one’s dream can be realized with the simple click of a button.
It doesn’t guarantee success, it only makes it easier.
The rest is up to you.
So with all things considered, capitalism isn’t ending, it’s evolving, and it’s evolving into something that might have the power to eventually shield techno-capitalists from any kind of “gatekeeping” that traditional capitalism was notorious for in years gone by.
Traditional capitalism is the only form of capitalism that truly needs to end, so that the free market can now truly live up to its name.
This is particularly good when you consider that corporate America was going to continue squeezing neuro-divergents in the workplace, especially those whose neurodivergence intersects with race and gender, until they’d found a way to build a brand label they can somehow profit off.
The only question that remains is whether the newly liberated, once they finally gain power, will remain liberators, or become the very gatekeepers that kept them hungry in the first place.
I ask you to reflect upon my words today, on the birthday of our president, and as the 250th anniversary of American independence draws near.
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