While I'm harping on this, I should say that the textbook definition of "commodity fetishism" absolutely and totally applies to the aphorism "information wants to be free" It's the exact equivalent of saying shit like "wages want to be low"
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It's like all the smallholders being forced off their land so the industrialist can build a factory and people going "Well the number of landowners has gone down from 25 to 1 so tenants are winning"
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It's like saying "Well before Wal-Mart came to town everything was two or three bucks more expensive, and now it costs less so capitalists must be making less money and the working class is being empowered Comrade Sam Walton"
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The disconnect between the people who understand the game of Monopoly and who understand the *implications* of the game of Monopoly is really astounding.
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