The Metaverse and the Reproduction of Capital
The metaverse can help strengthen capital’s control of historical development, but this is not preordained. To avoid this, socialists must understand how capital is coming to build, and seeking to wield, the emerging metaverse. I outline a preliminary sketch of the potential uses and abuses of the metaverse by capital below, before discussing how it might become a site and tool for revolution. By capital I mean a process of accumulation of surplus value powered by real social relations.[1] An...
The Metaverse and the Reproduction of Capital
The metaverse can help strengthen capital’s control of historical development, but this is not preordained. To avoid this, socialists must understand how capital is coming to build, and seeking to wield, the emerging metaverse. I outline a preliminary sketch of the potential uses and abuses of the metaverse by capital below, before discussing how it might become a site and tool for revolution. By capital I mean a process of accumulation of surplus value powered by real social relations.[1] An...
