The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards

In a capitalist world, the often-overlooked systems of technical standards offer a rare example of economic collaboration that prioritizes the public good over profit.

Jeffrey Pomerantz & Jason Griffey

“It is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism,” the saying goes. Indeed, as climate disasters intensify, liberal democracies crumble, and economic instability deepens, visions of collapse seem far more tangible than those of a post-capitalist future.

Part of the reason it is so difficult to imagine an end to capitalism is that it’s embedded in nearly every aspect of modern life, from how we produce goods to how we share knowledge. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, an anti-capitalist — or at least a non-capitalist — mode of knowledge production has been hiding in plain sight all along.

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