1. What is our conception of Doctorow?
  2. What is "The Internet Con" about and is the analysis somewhat right or stuck at interoperability ask without power or means to facilitate that?
  3. Is Chokepoint Capitalism leftists or a tech utopian collection of pre-existing thought?
  • DayOfDoom [any, any]
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    9 months ago

    He's a radlib. His writing on current computer-stuff is still good and useful for getting people to think different political economies are possible, but I'd imagine if you ask him about Ukraine, AES, etc. he's going to give us the same liberalism everyone else does.

    Chokepoint capitalism is just his little re-writing of late stage capitalism, financial capitalism, crony capitalism, etc. because all of these western left-lib writers don't read theory and need to endlessly rediscover and restate ideas as their own.

    • JuneFall [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      9 months ago

      Chokepoint capitalism is just his little re-writing of late stage capitalism, financial capitalism, crony capitalism, etc.

      Certainly felt like it.