>>2359888A lot of people have discussed the problem of technics in more nuanced ways than Ted. I recommend Søren Mau's "Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital" and also George Landlow's "Hypertext: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization." I also recommend Robert Chapman's "Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism" which I feel is relevant to how ideology is coded (sometimes literally) into technology.
IMO intellectual monopoly rent is a secondary issue to labor monopoly rent, so basically any form of professionalized or skilled labor. I think that credentials themselves are superstructure and that attacking the academy directly is stupid though. I place my bets on building up a technical commons for the workers, I think that strategic use of copyleft (a lot like the idealist free software movement) can help a lot. I also support internet piracy. I also think that worker controlled libraries and education are important here.