| 12345678 | author: "Slavoj \u017Di\u017Eek"content: Millions of people still buy Microsoft software because Microsoft has imposed  itself as an almost universal standard, practically monopolising the field, as one  embodiment of what Marx called the 'general intellect', by which he meant collective  knowledge in all its forms, from science to practical knowhow. Gates effectively  privatised part of the general intellect and became rich by appropriating the rent  that followed.id: f28e4511-a058-4544-8abb-af2561e7bb74
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