Anarchy in the Caffè Latte

Captialism. Always. Wins.

It doesn’t get much more how-it-started-how-it’s-going than this:

It turns out that a business model based on letting customers pay what they want, encouraging shoplifting, banning class enemies from entry and haranguing anyone who is allowed to enter about their white settler privilege might have a few completely unforeseeable flaws:

The Anarchist — a provider of “sweet and savoury” pastries and “trendy” coffees — was founded last April as a “subversive” alternative to what it called the usual model of workers “producing wealth for their parasitic employers.”

Instead, it will close permanently on May 30, according to a statement appended with the slogans “abolish work,” “people over profit,” and “land back.” The café was never able to employ more than one person, so the proprietor, Gabriel Sims-Fewer, will be its only layoff.

The Anarchist had featured a “pay what you can” option, but the café’s very lengthy FAQ page explained that the system lost them money, for which the rich were to b…