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Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism.
In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords – replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power.
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I’m not sure if it got brought up on the old Reddit forum, but I’m one of those lunatics who was writing about our gradual slouching off into a new feudalism before it was hip or whatever (I don’t really write for the web anymore, thankfully). Just thought this could foster conversation if anyone’s interested in discussing it. Thoughts?
Link goes to a book on the topic that’s not out yet.