ScienceAugust 4, 2026

techlordism

TEK-lord-iz-um

Definition

An emerging ideology that replaces neoliberalism by elevating cloud capital and justifying the replacement of human labor with rent-extracting machines.

Etymology

This is a portmanteau formed from 'tech' (short for technology) and 'lordism' (modeled on feudal terminology like 'lordship' or 'landlordism'), reflecting the author's argument that modern platform owners function like feudal overlords.

In the news

The article uses this term to describe an ideology that provides philosophical legitimacy to Big Tech, integrating these corporations into state institutions and shifting control of financial systems to them.

The Marxist Case for the Technofeudal Hypothesis

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