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Convenience Trap

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Convenience Trap

The Smile That Costs You MoreBy Chris A. Piazza | Antherra™

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Convenience Trap

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About this audiobook

The smile on the screen is not for you. The tip prompt has a payroll it would like to outsource. The mural says community in a font that costs money. Somewhere in the last ten years, every counter in the country quietly became a courtroom, and the verdict is delivered in increments of twenty percent. Sixty minutes from here, the mask slips.

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GenreBusiness and Economics, Technology

Length59 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateAug 2, 2025

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction

8CHAPTER SIX: The Theater of Choice

2Invocation

9CHAPTER SEVEN: Defaulted Morality

3CHAPTER ONE: The Doorway

10CHAPTER EIGHT: The Pass-Through Machine

4CHAPTER TWO: Tipflation Nation

11CHAPTER NINE: Everyday Coercion

5CHAPTER THREE: The Guilt Economy

12CHAPTER TEN: Scripts of Resistance

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6CHAPTER FOUR: Nice Capitalism

13CHAPTER ELEVEN: Maria

7CHAPTER FIVE: Cash as Mutual Aid

14CLOSING RITUAL: Stop Tipping the System

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