Technofeudalism

nthypes 42 points 6 comments November 02, 2026
en.wikipedia.org · View on Hacker News

Discussion Highlights (5 comments)

atemerev

Technofeudalism is a misnomer, as feudalism requires people to exploit their labor, which are linked to some territory or domain. When labor loses its value, it is no longer "feudalism", as there is no value to extract anymore.

threethirtytwo

The general concept is this: Control through complexity. By making things so complex people don’t understand they’re being controlled or getting fucked up the ass. This is modern society 101, and techno feudalism is just one aspect of it.

physhster

The article not mentioning the likes of Curtis Yarvin or Peter Thiel misses the point...

kraken_cult

So is the internet a public good or not? Should companies be allowed to own and control it or shouldn't they, the analogy would be like if everyone needed a specific device to function in the modern world and only could go to one or two places to realistically get it.

newsclues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhgm5b8BR0k

Semantic search powered by Rivestack pgvector
11,391 stories · 107,783 chunks indexed