Technology companies spend a lot of money on research and development, classic forms of investment that would indicate they're behaving like a typical capitalist firm. Why does all that good old fashion materiality get mystified? And why do theorists of neo feudalism look at some of these r end budgets or vast physical intostructure? Are they so moved? Well, there is a lot don peck hars. They say so as as i think i've indicated in my previous answers, i don't think that it is a very strong account of the firm of the corporation.
Featuring Evgeny Morozov on his essay "Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason." Thinkers from the Marxist left all the way to the neoliberal and even neo-reactionary right are convinced that we’ve exited capitalism entirely and entered neo-feudalism. Morozov argues that our bleak moment is in fact still a thoroughly capitalist one.
Evgeny's essay: newleftreview.org/issues/ii133/articles/evgeny-morozov-critique-of-techno-feudal-reason
Evgeny's website: evgenymorozov.com
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