The protests have been captured by the right-wing Islamists and U.S. aligned neoliberals.

can you share more on this? anecdotally I’m hearing the latter are a much bigger deal than the former in post hasina bangladesh

Surveillience Capitialism

Substance is buried beneath the libbery. The relevant bit: capitalist conditions have changed. Surveillance capitalism brings new rules distinct from those of industrial or finance capital. I mean we did have massive towers of data driven wealth arise and multiply in very short order. This also means new repression will operate differently from the fascism of the past

As a Zuboff has fluffy, vibes based ideas on what to do about it, and a very cute belief that the West has meaningful democracy, eg the concept that top level decision making behind closed doors is new

Disclaimer: I am a babby on theory, open to correction from real vanguard ppl