I get tired of people trying to call what’s happening and going to happen as “tech feudalism” or some new kind of “feudalism.” Its just capitalism. Stop making up things to blame instead of the the hegemonic global system by which all things are produced and allocated.
Libs are going to keep doing variations of “no its crony capitalism” until the sky catches fire
The reason people use terms like tech feudalism is not to escape blaming capitalism, but to highlight the way capitalist systems are creating social structures akin to the common perception of feudalism.
That makes sense, but i think there’s bleed over to libs using it as “capitalism was great, but now its tech feudalism.” The same way they used corporatism and crony capitalism to act like its a deviation from their platonic ideal of capitalism that they’re sure totally existed once but not now
There will be bleed over with any term into liberals making excuses for capitalism. They manage to do it even with terms like intersectionality.
I don’t think that fact precludes the usefulness of of the tech capitalists desire to create a dependent working class in a closed and controlled system.
That’s fair. I don’t think it necessarily precludes it from being useful. Its just something I’ve heard libs throwing around and was annoyed by, so im just kind of venting
I find it’s useful for getting people to seriously think about how, for instance, health care is used to enserf people, tie them to a company they cannot leave regardless of their treatment. People often think of themselves as free, as choosing their employment and their “career”. Serfs, though, don’t choose. Getting people to think in those terms can be useful.
I get tired of people trying to call what’s happening and going to happen as “tech feudalism” or some new kind of “feudalism.” Its just capitalism. Stop making up things to blame instead of the the hegemonic global system by which all things are produced and allocated.
Libs are going to keep doing variations of “no its crony capitalism” until the sky catches fire
The reason people use terms like tech feudalism is not to escape blaming capitalism, but to highlight the way capitalist systems are creating social structures akin to the common perception of feudalism.
That makes sense, but i think there’s bleed over to libs using it as “capitalism was great, but now its tech feudalism.” The same way they used corporatism and crony capitalism to act like its a deviation from their platonic ideal of capitalism that they’re sure totally existed once but not now
There will be bleed over with any term into liberals making excuses for capitalism. They manage to do it even with terms like intersectionality. I don’t think that fact precludes the usefulness of of the tech capitalists desire to create a dependent working class in a closed and controlled system.
That’s fair. I don’t think it necessarily precludes it from being useful. Its just something I’ve heard libs throwing around and was annoyed by, so im just kind of venting
That, too, is fair
I still think “techno feudalism” is a misleading term that is a great tool for revisionists and liberals.
I find it’s useful for getting people to seriously think about how, for instance, health care is used to enserf people, tie them to a company they cannot leave regardless of their treatment. People often think of themselves as free, as choosing their employment and their “career”. Serfs, though, don’t choose. Getting people to think in those terms can be useful.