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Faced with the abundance that information technology advancements usher, the post-apartheid state should surely do even better than the Afrikaner state
02 June 2025 - 04:30
Today we live in a society of abundance where the world of technological networks has removed scarcity and provided for non-rivalry of products that manifest in virtual networks. Yet scarcity abounds. Often those who dominate the world of virtual networks are at insane levels of greed in search of extraction of profits in dwindling and self-destroyed consumption markets, thanks to inevitable technological advancement under capitalism...
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