Technofeudalism describes a system where powerful tech companies act like digital feudal lords, controlling essential online platforms (the “cloud fiefs”) and extracting “rent” (data, fees, attention.) They are like the medieval lords who controlled land and taxed peasants. Users (or “serfs”) become dependent on these platforms (Amazon, Google, Meta) for work, services, and access. They […]
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Israel’s Colonies – a different perspective. This post responds to several recent articles covering the war in Gaza I invite you to read this extract from a recent Guardian article: ‘Australia’s archives contain many colonial diaries. They are how we can understand just how widespread frontier murders and massacres were; how commonplace it was
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We are all aware of the ubiquity of American products and services in our lives. But very few of us are aware of our uniqueness as an American asset in Europe. Or the extent of the US’s corporate and financial control in the UK, and how much damage this control does to our wellbeing, even
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