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Ultimately, the digital territory organised by platforms is fragmented into rival infrastructures that are relatively independent of each other. Whoever controls these infrastructures concentrates both political and economic power over the individuals somehow connected with them. The flip side of the logic of surveillance inherent in algorithmic govern-mentality is the attachment of subjects to the digital glebe.

— How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-Feudalism by Cédric Durand (Page 29)

there is something rather paradoxical about the pervasive use of Silicon Valley as a reference point. The 'start-up spirit' has given way to predation by private monopolies. The ode to autonomy and individual creativity is leading to computerised management tools that intensify employees' subordinate condition. Territorial polarisation, the concentration of gains in the hands of a few 'winners', and barriers to the dissemination of knowledge all feed the dynamics of marginalisation that hinder both innovation and the enjoyment of its potential benefits.

— How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-Feudalism by Cédric Durand (Page 18)

Between 1995 and 2015, European countries saw both an increase in the level of managerial demands and a reduction in the room for employee decision-making across almost all occupations. Each of these two factors is associated with lower job satisfaction. This toxic mix is pushing an increasing proportion of employees into situations of work-related stress, and this has harmful effects both for their health and for society as a whole. One part of this picture worth noting is that senior managers are the orly ones spared.

— How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-Feudalism by Cédric Durand (12%)

Professionalism in medicine is nothing more than the institutionalization of male upper-class monopoly. We must never confuse professionalism with expertise. Expertise is something to work for and to share; professionalism is—by definition-elit-ist and exclusive, sexist, racist, and classist.

— Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English (90%)

Men maintain their power in the health system through their monopoly of scientific knowledge. We are mystified by science, taught to believe that it is hopelessly beyond our grasp. In our frustration, we are sometimes tempted to reject science, rather than to challenge the men who hoard it. But medical science could be a liberating force, giving us real control over our own bodies and power in our lives as health workers. At this point in our history, every effort to take hold of and share medical knowledge is a critical part of the struggle

— Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English (89%)

For the first time in American history, there were sufficient concentrations of corporate wealth to allow for massive, organized philanthropy, i.e., organized ruling-class intervention in the social, cultural, and political life of the nation. Foundations were created as the lasting instruments of this intervention-the Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations appeared in the first decade of the twentieth century. One of the earliest and highest items on their agenda was medical "reform," the creation of a respectable, scientific American medical profession.

— Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English (80% - 81%)