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  "path": "/global/world-analysis/2026/04/21/das-kapital-data-capital/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T10:19:01.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
    "Analysis",
    "Global",
    "AI Data Centres",
    "artificial intelligence",
    "workers rights",
    "Thanasi Hassoulas"
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  "textContent": "The digital revolution was sold to us as a tool for liberation. Instead, it’s becoming the ultimate weapon for boss-class surveillance and the extraction of ‘data capital’. ​The relationship between capital and labour has undergone a fundamental shift since Karl Marx put pen to paper for Das Kapital. Marx famously analysed how the ruling class […]\n\nBy Thanasi Hassoulas",
  "title": "From Das Kapital to Data Capital: AI as a potential new frontier for the exploitation of the working class"
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