Ties are loose, up to the point of breaking up.
Thus the ontology of the user,
in so many ways,
mirrors the logic of capital.
Indeed, the 鈥榰ser鈥� is
the identity par excellence of capital
that seeks to extract itself
from rigid systems of regulation and control.
The user increasingly has become
a term corresponding with
the auto-configuration of self-invention.
Some would say the user is just a consumer:
silent and satisfied, until hell breaks loose.
The user is the identity of control by other means.
In this respect, the 鈥榰ser鈥� is
the empty vessel awaiting the spectral allure
of digital commodity cultures
and their promise of
鈥榤obility鈥� and 鈥榦p
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