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@khinsen@scholar.social

2026-04-10 06:11 UTC

@aartaka That's what Ivan Illich calls "radical monopolies" (in his 1973 book "Tools for conviviality"): technologies that people can no longer opt out of because society at large has decided to adopt them. However, before you decide to fight against radical monopolies, keep in mind that agriculture is one as well! As are fridges, or the power grid. For me, the priority is understanding and then equilibrating the power structures that each radical monopoly creates.

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  • @aartaka@merveilles.town 2026-04-10 15:03

    @khinsen I want to claim that agriculture and mobile phones are *different* monopolies, but I don’t have a solid argument for it. Thanks for this POV though!

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