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it occurred to me that I wasn’t going to make it inspo/revelation project/panopticon

One day, around the beginning of my junior year of college, it occurred to me that I wasn’t going to make it. I had already developed carpal tunnel and tendonitis from years of improper violin technique taught to me by my rural music teachers. I was out of money to go to festivals, and I had no way…

—p.57 The Baffler: The Contract State (#47) Strike with the Band (54) missing author
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socialization or nationalization of major platforms

One possible alternative is to consider socialization or nationalization of major platforms. The centralization of users is a key feature of a successful platform like Facebook, but now that the technology has been built and there is a critical mass of users, it is possible to make the claim that t…

—p.19 Invisible Handcuffs (12) by Lizzie O'Shea
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socialization or nationalization of major platforms

One possible alternative is to consider socialization or nationalization of major platforms. The centralization of users is a key feature of a successful platform like Facebook, but now that the technology has been built and there is a critical mass of users, it is possible to make the claim that t…

—p.19 Invisible Handcuffs (12) by Lizzie O'Shea
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Facebook is more like a government than a traditional company

[...] The central basis for the key antitrust legislation in U.S. history, the Sherman Act, was not just about markets, but power. Legal scholar Lina M. Khan argues that the importance of antitrust law has traditionally not just been about economics, it was also understood in political terms. Legis…

—p.18 Invisible Handcuffs (12) by Lizzie O'Shea
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regulating tech platforms like automobiles

[...] The task of improving safety could not be left to industry, as market incentives mitigated against such an investment. “A democratic government is far better equipped to resolve competing interests and determine whatever is required [to improve safer transport] than are firms whose all-absorb…

—p.16 Invisible Handcuffs (12) by Lizzie O'Shea