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user agency is anti-capitalist. when not explicitly anti-capitalist, user agency is capitalism-retardant.

”The distinction between programmer and user is reinforced and maintained by a tech industry that benefits from a population rendered computationally passive. If we accept and adopt the role of less agency, we then make it harder for ourselves to come into more agency.”

please acknowledge Melanie Hoff, I didn't write this!

I noticed! I'm doing both because I'm old fashioned academic with a moral aversion to even accidental minor plagiarism 🫡