the monster under the bed

Bollier's concept of "the theft of public domain" really resonated with me (and scared the sh--t out of me). I feel as though I have experienced the diffuse, elusive effects of the "race to commodify the intangibles that the mass media consider raw material" but have only been able to see small parts of the monster. Being able to talk about production and consumption in terms of copyright law has been extremely helpful. I now connect concepts like post-modernism and neoliberalism in a full-circle view of modern artistic creation, market economies, power and capital. And the full picture is grizzly. Since the foundation of this country, private property and capital gain have been the holy grail of American life. These values and definitions have only grown stronger since land-grabs and gold-rushes, but now extend to aspects of human life not previously defined as property or capital. How do these ways of thinking about property and capital affect the way we see ourselves, our identity, our relationship to our body? How does this system of thought define human interaction? Bollier quotes Elizabeth Taylor saying "I am my own commodity. I am my own industry." How does this expansion of the scope of commodification impact gendered roles and definitions? How do we viscerally experience the commodification of our bodies, cultures and language?