PEAK CAPITALISM IN SOUTH AFRICA

We live in an era of "gotcha" business practices—from data that vanishes after you’ve paid for it to subscriptions that are impossible to cancel. It raises a bigger question about Peak Capitalism: when profit-driven systems stop being efficient and start feeling plain ridiculous. If you buy groceries, no one takes them back when "time runs out"—so why does your unused data disappear? Today, we’re asking: What’s the most absurd example of peak capitalism you’ve experienced, and where do companies cross the line into exploitation?