a big part thats missing from the list is the inherent hyperconsumerism in neoliberal capitalist societies. For example: in the past 60 years the trope of nerd

a big part thats missing from the list is the inherent hyperconsumerism in neoliberal capitalist societies. For example: in the past 60 years the trope of nerds and geeks being inferior and unliked served an important purpose: it prevented intellectual curiousity from supplanting dominant structures of planned obsolescence and reinforced a culture of disposable and unquestioning consumption. Dont open the iPad, dont hack the Tivo, and for god sake ignore every electron in your car. to do otherwise may void the warranty. fast forward to 2022 and the US is scrambling to undo this trainwreck before China and most of the developed world reduce us to a wholly dependent subsidiary of their largest conglomerates. Unfortunately its happening in the most ham-fisted and desperate effort ever imagined. Big Bang theory? nerds are cool now kids, make sure to be a nerd. Code.org? codes cool now kids, go learn code. Raspberry pi's for everyone until there are none left, but remember not to hack or question your proprietary courseware in class now, and enjoy those locked down spyware laptops. Learn!(tm) be curious(tm) Consumerism has done everything possible to kneecap intellectual curiousity. DMCA? DRM? secure boot? signed firmware, version locks and region locks and nearly every millimeter of most game consoles are a baron wasteland of "dont touch, only consume." hell, even obfuscated script on websites could be seen as actively working to subvert any sort of personal interest in favour of harvesting as much data about the consumer as possible. and if you do have curiousity? expect a youtube-dl style response until the very corporate overlords that depend upon your intellect to survive capitulate and grudgingly shrug off consumerism for the femtosecond it takes to reinstate your project.