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Honestly, being able to build a company that creates livelihoods while simultaneously teaching people foreign languages goes against many of the historical and modern definitions of "late stage capitalism".

But I assume you're just using the super modern catch-all fad term of late stage capitalism that means nothing.

Also, from TFA: "Duolingo Max is available to everyone"

The real late stage capitalism move is Duolingo building a bank into their app.

C'mon, let's make lingots (the Duo reward system) into a cryptocurrency. Reimplement the service such that people doing language lessons are the proof of work, and miners (learners) get lingots as their reward.

Duolingo is the worst on TikTok. One of the most obnoxious accounts