noted. 01/14/2012

• Slavoj Žižek · The Revolt of the Salaried Bourgeoisie · LRB 11 January 2012

  tags: zizek theory marxism

  • Microsoft has imposed itself as an almost universal standard, practically monopolising the field, as one embodiment of what Marx called the ‘general intellect’, meaning collective knowledge in all its forms, from science to practical knowhow. Gates effectively privatised part of the general intellect and became rich by appropriating the rent that followed from that

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