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Jonathan Crary argues that there are no revolutionary subjects on social media.

Blog post Jonathan Crary argues that there are no revolutionary subjects on social media. Jonathan Crary14 April 2022 By the mid-1990s, the destabilization of work, intensifying economic inequality, dismantling of public services, structural creation of indebtedness, and many other factors required new ways of maintaining political docility. Limitless digital diversions were a deterrent to the rise of anti-systemic mass movements. Part of the optimistic reception of the internet was the expectation that it would be an indispensable organizing tool for non-mainstream political movements,…

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