Nothing is neutral. Some things are objective facts, of course, but the English language is such that any way you choose to describe those facts will convey som

Nothing is neutral. Some things are objective facts, of course, but the English language is such that any way you choose to describe those facts will convey something of your opinion of them. You might not like the term "late-stage capitalism", but it is a term in common use today, and describes a real phenomenon. The simplest way I know of to summarize it is that it's what happens when a significant percentage of businesses cross the line from "we make a product/provide a service, and if we do it well we make a good profit" to "we are here to make money as fast as possible by whatever means necessary; if we have to make a product/provide a service to do that, that's a necessary evil". Additionally, calling it "late-stage" doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to go away; it just means that it's a different stage of capitalism (which seems clear from observation), and that it came after (ie, later than) the more classical capitalism.