'Commanding at a distance has long been the sign of power, and the enthusiasm for it is obviously power-oriented. We need at least to be aware of the temptations that accompany such power. When I have entered my credit card number and double-clicked on the "confirm" box, some packer somewhere has to act on my order, some driver struggle through the traffic on the motorway, some postman find my front door. For me, as for the slave-owners of the early modern colonies, it is all too easy to overlook those on whom the gratifying of my desires depends, and to succumb to the illusion that the tips of my fingers on keyboard and mouse have freed them from the constraints of place, too!' (The Ways of Judgment, 260, emphasis original)
Yes, it's out of context and quite provocatively put, but there's something in it, I reckon.
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