About this episode

Joshua Citarella discusses the dominance of technolibertarianism in online politics and the need to refocus on the fundamental conflict between workers and capital.

Joshua Citarella built his reputation by mapping synthetic e-deologies of terminally online politics, expressed in memes, micro-disputes and merch drops. Now the artist, Doomscroll host and Do Not Research founder has come to a blunter conclusion: it’s time to lock in. Behind the seeming diversity of online politics, one ideology has already won: the technolibertarianism of the platforms and supply chains that actually make it all run. So maybe it’s time to get serious, tune out the noise, and get back to basics: workers versus capital. This episode is the finale of Do Your Own Research Series 1. We’ll be back soon. Get the map: novaramedia.com/dyor Music by Iglooghost.

People in this episode

Guest: Joshua Citarella

Topics covered

• online politics
• technolibertarianism
• workers versus capital
• synthetic e-deologies
• memes
• micro-disputes

Keywords

• Joshua Citarella
• technolibertarianism
• online politics
• workers versus capital
• synthetic e-deologies
• Doomscroll
• Do Not Research

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Organizations: Doomscroll, Do Not Research, novaramedia.com

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