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I was today years old when I first heard the term 'technofeudalism'. I find it an interesting concept and worthy of some thought. Anyone have some interesting perspectives on it to share with me?

#Nostrfixesthis right?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-05/what-is-technofeudalism-and-are-we-living-under-it/103062936

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Low Information Voter 1y ago

I like Yanis Varoufakis, he seems sincere, but he's no great thinker, and as a finance minister he was clearly the-dog-that-caught-the-car.

I think the people using the word "technofeudalism" know very little about feudalism, and less than they think about technology.

I haven't sworn an oath to serve the Linux Foundation under arms for one moon's turn in a year so help me God. And the Linux Foundation hasn't licensed me the "right of pit and gallows", much less the "right of crenelation".

"Technofeudalism" is just Gilded Age crony capitalism, but with a computer. Someone should patent it.

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Nobody 1y ago

I hadn't heard of him before.

I wasn't aware that feudalism involved swearing loyalty to anything. I just know it involved overlapping loyalties to a variety of constructs.

I know my new car attaches itself to everything on my phone via bluetooth, even things I wish it wouldn't, and I suspect things I can't access myself which is a little weird. It's a vague nuisance to me as I wonder why it prioritises collecting useless data on me 🤔

I'm still trying to understand if corporations have any real territory that they "rent" to people. My friend who introduced me to the term runs an etsy shop which penalises him for seemingly inconsequential 'reasons'. He says it should be understood that companies that are not in fb are suddenly inconsequential and miss out on market share and its them, not the average user, who pays big money to corporations. Those corporations earn amounts that most of us could never imagine and can't use if they wanted to, and sometimes use to buy politicians to continue their earning streaks.

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Low Information Voter 1y ago

Feudalism is all about the oaths, and economies based mostly on fixed relationships and obligations rather than money. And fiat government decentralised to an extraordinary degree.

Very alien to our times, in a way the Roman world, or ancient China, is not.

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Low Information Voter 1y ago

Your experiences with closed-source hardware and software are sadly common, and why I'm such a #FOSS maxi! (Selling my newest car over this)

State-centered crony capitalism sucks, whether its FB today or "company towns" of the Depression-era United States.

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Nobody 1y ago

Oh you've noticed your new car acting in ways you don't like too? I assumed I couldn't be the only one but I don't hear people talking about it. It's actually my nostr based apps it tries to connect to first over YouTube or Spotify and that is why it bothers me. I go through my phone and turn them off before turning the car on.

My new car is on a novated lease, because the government throws money at you to buy EVs that way. So it's mine for three years at which point I hope to sell it for a profit once we consider how much of my weekly costs are covered by tax savings and not buying fuel. Until legislation changes make EV ownership too annoying, I consider it an asset. Just one I can't really relax around.