The Environmental Implications of Capitalism

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I would echo much of what you're saying, in the sense thatn the united states, the discussion around anti trusts and kind of breaking up big tack has very narrow land on what might work for the united states. I don't feel as if there is a break up, and if there is kind of a sharing of power in any kind of way, it's not going to be power that is going to be shifted to the global south. And so at the end of the day, we need a democratic, bottom up, galitarian socialism that we've never created. We have a small time frame right now to fix this problem. If we don't, it's going to be

Paris Marx is joined by Michael Kwet to discuss how digital technologies are used to entrench the power of the United States and its dominant corporations at the expense of the Global South.

Michael Kwet is a Visiting Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. He got his PhD in Sociology at Rhodes University in South Africa. Follow Michael on Twitter at @Michael_Kwet.

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Also mentioned in this episode:

Michael wrote about digital colonialism and the need for a Digital Tech Deal.
Bill Gates wrote a notorious letter in 1976 opposing the sharing of software as it conflicted with Microsoft's business model.
Tech companies export content moderation, training AI, call center, and even more labor to the Global South.
Gabriel Winant criticized the dominant liberal perspective on antitrust action.

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