In a functional society, basic human milestones are incentivized. You want to form relationships, get married, buy a home, and plan for the future. In late-stage capitalism these same milestones become financially punishing and logistically impossible. The incentive structure flips into absurdity – what should be rewarded is punished and what should be discouraged becomes adaptive. Unhealthy social behavior looks maladaptive or irrational until you look at the material reality – owning nothing, living in pod, and eating bugs is rational in an irrational economy.

https://oceandrops.substack.com/p/japan-is-what-late-stage-capitalist