I don't even really own the software I use, let alone the marketplaces where that work is sold. It's quantitatively different from owning a printing press.

I understand the interest in mapping 1850s language onto modern work dynamics for rhetorical purposes, but it's not uniformly useful to do so.

like, at this point just admit that you don't think creative work counts as work?

trying to dress up "I want you to generate entertaining material for me for free, no I won't seek out free resources instead" in leftist theory is insulting.

The Moral Arc of the Universe is Long, But It Bends Toward Profits

I remember it quasi-fondly whenever I feel like I'm acting a little histrionic.

And I mean look, if you're going to pirate a book, there's not really anything I or anyone else can do to stop you from doing that. Whatever. You just can't expect everyone to pat you on the back and tell you what a good leftist you are for doing it.

I'm genuinely not trying to make light of your point, I agree with it. I just think I also have a degree of culpability when I make myself Mad Online.

The game is rigged to make me want to get mad, and for that to be socially rewarding. But for my own sake I do try to pull in the opposite direction