On "techno-feudalism".
In the Bungacast Reading Club for patrons, we've been discussing various works on "neo-feudalism" - a thesis that tries to explain capitalist stagnation and inequality by arguing that we are moving beyond capitalism – toward something worse.
In this free episode, we discuss one of the most thoroughgoing critiques of this thesis: Evgeny Morozov's "Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason".
Why has this thesis becomes so popular today, across the political spectrum? What is the economic and political logic of feudalism, and how do current trends supposedly indicate a resurgence of these logics? Why have Marxists, who draw such a clear line between feudalism and capitalism, believe that politically-driven expropriation is replacing exploitation?
And how do Big Tech companies make money - purely through rent, or do they produce commodities?
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Readings:
/407/ Beyond Bare Life ft. Dustin Guastella
/406/ AufheBonus Bonus (sample)
/405/ Size Queen Nation ft. Christie Offenbacher & Benjamin Fife (sample)
/404/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (IV) ft. Catherine Liu (sample)
/402/ Revolution and Conservatism, e.g. in Mexico ft. Roger Lancaster (sample)
/403/ Reading Club: Habermas on Social Media (sample)
/401/ Modernity is Very Gay ft. Roger Lancaster
/396/ Enough Carnations? Portugal Decides, ft. Catarina Príncipe
/400/ The Political Oppositions of the Next Decade ft. Frost, Gourevitch, Liu, Phillips
/399/ From ADHD to Let Me Be (Emotion Sickness, pt III) [sample]
/398/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (II) ft. Ashley Frawley (sample)
/397/ Reading Club: Imagined Communities (sample)
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/395/ A Coup From Within the Computer ft. Benjamin Studebaker (excerpt)
UNLOCKED /382/ Death of the Millennial Left ft. Chris Cutrone
/393/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (I) ft. Nina Power
/392/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About (II) ft. Michael Vann
Excerpt: /391/ Aufhebonus Bonus - Feb 2024
/390/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About ft. Vedi Hadiz
/388/ Betting on Bukele (I) ft. Nelson Rauda / Juan Rojas
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