Thanks for message John! I really appreciate hearing from other people who are severly affected by this kind of overwhelm-- knowing that it's bad enough to cause you migraines makes me feel like less of an "overly senistive" faker and all of that terrible stigma that I still sometimes internalize.

"End stage capitalism" is a term that reflects the idea in Marxism that capitalism is, by its very nature, unsustainable and will eventually collapse. A lot of people think communism is all about fighting for some kind of revolution, and there certainly are camps that advocate for that, but the original theory was that the fall of capitalism was inevitable because wealth would continue to become more and more centralized while the quality of all goods and services continually got worse. Entropy would eventually take over and cause it to fall.

What comes next is up for us to decide together -- will we do away with the concept of individual property ownership (and the police that help protect it) and distribute resources in some other way? Will that way be fair and ensure all needs are met? How can we make a transition that minimizes harm? I have my thoughts on that, and favor the idea of us forming collaborative anarchist collectives of some kind, but the future all depends on the relationships we build and the work we do to unlearn the worst of capitalism and envision something new.