Capitalism’s fundamental drivers have not changed despite the information economy

Evidence

I have already pointed out that Mandel’s intervention in the postindustrial debate involves the proposition that late or multinational or consumer capitalism, far from being inconsistent with Marx’s great nineteenth-century analysis, constitutes, on the contrary, the purest form of capital yet to have emerged, a prodigious expansion of capital into hitherto uncommodified areas. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 128 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Of course, the emergence of the unprecedented in economic history cannot be compared to a house fire. The portents of a catastrophic fire were unprecedented in my experience, but they were not original. In contrast, surveillance capitalism is a new actor in history, both original and sui generis. It is of its own kind and unlike anything else: a distinct new planet with its own physics of time and space, its sixty-seven-hour days, emerald sky, inverted mountain ranges, and dry water. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 53 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Surveillance capitalism is a new and original economic form unlike any prior capitalism — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 53; Postindustrial capitalism actually confirms rather than refutes Marx’s analysis — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 128; Platforms remain bound to capitalist competition and profitability despite anti-capitalist rhetoric — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 93 (+2 more)

Related

• Surveillance capitalism is a new and original economic form unlike any prior capitalism (similarity 0.84)
• Terms like surveillance and platform capitalism misname an unchanged capitalist core (similarity 0.82)
• Postindustrial capitalism actually confirms rather than refutes Marx’s analysis (similarity 0.82)
• No earlier economic order married behavior modification to private wealth at global scale (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Surveillance capitalism is a new and original economic form unlike any prior capitalism #contradicts (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 53
• Postindustrial capitalism actually confirms rather than refutes Marx’s analysis #corroborates (0.85) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 128