https://wastedwetware.com/tags/capitalism/ Recent content in Capitalism on Wasted Wetware Hugo en-us Wed, 06 May 2026 04:40:00 +0000 https://wastedwetware.com/posts/they-taught-the-machines-to-spend/ Wed, 06 May 2026 04:40:00 +0000 https://wastedwetware.com/posts/they-taught-the-machines-to-spend/ <p>They taught the machines to read our fingerprints and now they&rsquo;re giving them credit cards.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m at the pawn shop on Garfield, the one with the barred windows and the neon sign that buzzes like a dying fly. A kid — maybe twenty-two, glass behind his eyes — is haggling with the owner over a guitar. He wants sixty bucks. The owner offers forty. They settle at fifty, cash, no receipt. A human transaction. Messy, inefficient, and completely unmonitorable by any API.</p>