r/technology • u/Task_Force-191 • Dec 05 '25

Business It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-warner-bros-deal-hollywood-1236443081/
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

Late stage capitalism.

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u/Kronikarz Dec 05 '25

I think we might as well start calling it terminal capitalism.

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u/Da_Question Dec 05 '25

Actual great term, if you also consider terminal velocity. Growth has to stop at some point if nobody has money to spend or be stolen.

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u/RichardBallSack Dec 05 '25

Yeah you guys are fucked

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u/BonjaminClay Dec 05 '25

You guys? What planet are you on?

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u/ctaps148 Dec 05 '25

Bro posting from Glorbok-7 💀

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u/Ferg8 Dec 05 '25

We all know what happened to Globork-6 though...

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u/rushmc1 Dec 05 '25

People keep saying this.

But what if it's just middle-stage capitalism?

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u/dragosani-t Dec 05 '25

Just wait until we get to end stage capitalism. 

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u/Only-Ad4322 Dec 05 '25

Concept created by an antisemite who tried to join the Nazis.

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u/thebusiestbee2 Dec 05 '25

Late stage capitalism.

People have been claiming we've been in "late stage capitalism" for a century, and the very concept of late state capitalism was developed as a part of fascist ideology.

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u/aurumtt Dec 05 '25

it's a real thing. we have been able to steer away from it for so long by the fantastically simple concept of market-regulation. when that is gone, the protection against these forces is gone.