shift into product platforms

One of the most important consequences of this schematic model of capitalism is that it demands constant technological change. In the effort to cut costs, beat out competitors, control workers, reduce turnover time, and gain market share, capitalists are incentivised to continually transform the labour process.

A tool of survival is being marketed by Silicon Valley as a tool of liberation.

generalised market dependency led to a systemic imperative to reduce production costs in relation to prices.

collective cooperation and knowledge become a source of value.

advertising platforms

which often transmit the gendered and racist biases of society.

the yen and the mark were devalued over fears of Japanese collapse.

their profitability appears to be generated solely by the removal of costs and the lowering of wages and not by anything substantial.