We Need a Radical Shift in the Tax Debate

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i think we need a radical shift. We're trapped with this impra structure that is now dedicated to providing for these very narrow capitalist goals of profit. And so i really would like to see these systems dedicated to creating a state of abundance, where people's basic needs are met. But that's not what these systems are focused on to day. The whole tax debate also calls for us to see how these companies define what is valuable in a very, very narrow way.

Paris Marx is joined by Juan Ortiz Freuler to discuss the recent global negotiations on the taxation of multinational corporations, how Africa is demanding the digital labor of its citizens be accounted for, how these tensions threaten to fragment the web, and why the Global South may hold a better future of technology that transcends the capitalist, centralized, and individualist platforms which currently dominate.

Juan Ortiz Freuler is an Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and a member of the Tierra Común network of researchers. He recently made the case for a digital non-aligned movement. Follow Juan on Twitter as @juanof9.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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