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Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism (thepoint.com.au)
submitted 19 hours ago by Deep@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A new form of capital is ascending: cloud capital—networked algorithmic machines that grant their owners remarkable powers to modify our behaviour. And just as financiers needed neoliberalism, today’s tech lords need a new ideology to legitimise their rule. I call it techlordism.

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[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

And their workers outfitted with kill switches. Probably their stupid phones first, later collars that can deliver paid or death remotely. Dark shit.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

We can already see how this will work out. They get you trapped in their walled garden kingdom.

If you get banned from their services and you can't access your files, make payments, login to your phone or computer, start your car, etcetcetc.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 16 hours ago

Remember when we denounced China for setting that up 15 years ago?