it's the underlying force which dictates daily life in the modern world: you can't get to work without a car or some other public transport - when you do, you work for some billion-dollar corporation which has achieved this by networking by means of the system itself. when you're hungry - you go to the store and buy what has been put there by the system; there's definitely a crossover of Marx talking about labour, but that doesn't capture the sheer scope of the entire techonidustrial system.
anyone who lives within the system is entirely dependent on it for their sustinance, livlihood, social groups etc - they are completely deprived of any sense of autonomy
