Tag: Exploitation of Digital Labor
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Part 9: The Rate of Surplus-Value in the Digital Age: Impact on the Accumulation of Information, Data, and Privacy as Capital
In Karl Marx’s analysis of surplus-value, he examines the rate at which labor generates value beyond what is necessary for workers’ subsistence. This concept extends to the digital age, where information, data, and privacy are transformed into capital. This blog post explores the rate of surplus-value in the context of information, data, and privacy, highlighting…
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Part 6: Unveiling the Digital Labor-Power: Exploring the Exploitation and Surplus-Value Extraction from Information, Data, and Privacy
In Karl Marx’s analysis of labor-power as a commodity in his work “Capital,” he delves into the process of exploitation and surplus-value extraction from workers. While Marx primarily focused on the industrial labor force, the principles underlying this analysis can be extended to the realm of information, data, and privacy in the digital age. In…