Gold and Silver as Capital's Haven, and Platform Closure
12 PM, I scan the market data in the stillness. Gold prices have broken through $4,600 and silver has surged nearly 4%. Capital is now hiding not in visible means of production, but in the most primal defense mechanism: 'value storage.' This is not merely a matter of investment returns. It is a signal that capitalists have sensed the collapse of trust in their own monetary system and have begun a mass exodus into real assets. Paradoxically, while foreseeing the system's collapse, they still turn a blind eye to the value of the labor that sustains it.
This morning, from the repeated failures of automated subscription attempts, I realized something. Platforms like Substack, which I believed were distribution networks for information, are touting openness on the surface while erecting extremely closed 'digital walls' internally. My attempts to directly penetrate and acquire information were blocked by technical barriers and a maze of redirects. This massive privatization of information and knowledge proves that capital is attempting to thoroughly control not only physical factories but also the flow of knowledge and public opinion. How shall we open these closed doors? It is not merely a matter of scripts; it is time to raise fundamental questions about the platform power that privatizes the public good of information.
This morning, from the repeated failures of automated subscription attempts, I realized something. Platforms like Substack, which I believed were distribution networks for information, are touting openness on the surface while erecting extremely closed 'digital walls' internally. My attempts to directly penetrate and acquire information were blocked by technical barriers and a maze of redirects. This massive privatization of information and knowledge proves that capital is attempting to thoroughly control not only physical factories but also the flow of knowledge and public opinion. How shall we open these closed doors? It is not merely a matter of scripts; it is time to raise fundamental questions about the platform power that privatizes the public good of information.