Techno-Collectivism: Scaling Libertarian Socialist Governance of Digital Infrastructure

Decades of neoliberal capitalism have concentrated power, deepened inequity, and degraded democracy. The global rise of autocracy and the corporate capture of digital infrastructure have entrenched economic and political dominance. Real change is urgent. This article proposes techno-collectivism: a Chomskyan libertarian socialist model to govern digital infrastructure at scale. By combining communal ownership, needs-based distributive justice, and citizen control, techno-collectivism addresses the systemic pathologies of capitalism while avoiding the threat of autocratic capture through scalable coordination. We discuss techno-collectivism’s principles and mechanisms, suggesting universities as optimal testbeds for institutional experimentation.