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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The home page of the campaign group Tax Justice UK makes 10 proposals which they claim could raise £60 billion a year to improve Britain’s public services. They are worth a good look. Would they work? Or would all the multi-millionaires and wealth creators quit Britain? Would Donald Trump punish us for forcing extractive US
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