Unlike Marx’s workers, the owners of attention still possess the means of producing value

Evidence

We have been conned and coerced by the human frackers into believing that the source of value is external to us—behind the screens that parade the world of goods and experiences in such varicolored brilliance. But unlike Marx’s sorry workers, who stayed alienated from their labor because they did not own the mills and machines that made the boots and bicycles, we still own the mill! The mill is our mind! Our senses, too. Everything we need is right here! — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 275

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: Not top-5%; this is a sharp inversion but stated plainly.
• SHARE: Send to a friend into both critical theory and attention-economy critique — the Marx comparison is genuinely sharp.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 275
• XREF: connects to: Information-owning firms remain capitalist despite not owning means of production. — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 42