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It’s Still Capitalism w/ Evgeny Morozov

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Is There a Difference Between Capitalism and Feudalism?

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The way the capitalist system works is that you essentially go and sell your labor. But in feudalism, this surplus extraction happens quite visibly - so nobody is in denial about it. Under properly working capitalism, you're not saying that under capitalism, sort of, iideal exactly. The bottom n is that all that happens invisibly somehow, but cleanly. Aythin. You sign up the contract. There is absolutely no formal beating you up on day on the heath with some kind of a weapon.

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