The division of learning is decided purely by market forces without democratic counterweights.

Evidence

In the absence of a robust double movement in which democratic institutions and civil society tether raw information capitalism to the people’s interests—however imperfectly—we are thrown back on the market form of the surveillance capitalist companies in this most decisive of contests over the division of learning in society. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 597

Categorization

• XREF: ‘Double movement’ invokes Polanyi’s concept from economic sociology, a lens the reader may want to chase. — connects to: Unfettered surveillance capital, not democratic law, decides the division of learning — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1028; Power relations interlock with economics without being subordinate to it. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 33

Broader Connections

• Unfettered surveillance capital, not democratic law, decides the division of learning #corroborates (0.90) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1028
• Power relations interlock with economics without being subordinate to it. #expands (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 33