How Capitalism Becomes Feudalism (Severance and Technofeudalism)

As commerce transforms around the new rent-extracting digital fiefdoms, algorithms and AI become a way to transform skilled labor into machine-learning piecework. In Severance, technology is used to “sever“ people’s working selves from their actual selves, creating the perfect, dehumanized work force. Corrections: * In this video I mistakenly spell Yanis Varoufakis’ name “Varifakis“ * I say 8 hour work week when I mean 8 hour work day Note: * In this video I say that I’m not getting paid by YouTube. Since this video came out and took off, however, I’ve been admitted into the Partner Program and am not part of the % of YouTube creators who actually ARE getting paid something by YouTube. Thank you all! Opening song: “16 Tons” by Merle Travis, popularized by Tennessee Earnie Ford, performed by me! You can support this project at where for as little as $1 an episode you can get exclusive a