hmm... sounds to me like involutionary competition and enshittification are closely related phenomena. To what extent might "AI all the things!" be injecting chicken blood?
(Sorry still looking for a more specific citation for the other 2 colors of VISA that map nicely iirc to the traditional tripartons of "gov labor & capital")
Ed: http://www.qstheory.cn/20250629/6d682af56d64487f817084e890fb...
From: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44477426