Is emancipation possible under the structures of late-modern capitalism? Philosophers running the gamut from Foucault to Der Derian have explored this question with varying results. The classic notion of Marx's base-superstructure model denies us the right to shape our empirical reality as we are ostensibly beholden to the base model of production which exists in a given society at a given time. While Marx is doubtful of the potential of human agency in such a context, can we do better? I am loathe to answer in the negative. While the structures of power which Marx discussed never truly came to bear, at least not in the sense put forth by Orthodox Marxism, hidden structure of power, which Foucault would refer to as "disciplines," are pervasive in our society. They may not directly make use of force or coercion against us but do so indirectly. They shape our ways of thinking, and of being, and even of seeking healthcare. I am not American but the United States was ostensibly founded on the ethos of freedom. Considering the original sin of slavery, this is, at the least, slightly ironic. More fundamentally, however, it is demonstrative of the manner by which we abjectly lack agency in terms of shaping the social structures which surround us. The first reason is collective action - we are incapable of solidarity - as was shown by the failure to fight slavery and the reification of the notion that it was an objective social good. The second reason is that modern power structures are far more nebulous in their provenance. With AI entering the game and likely to bring about the phased obsolescence of our productive functions at a rapid pace, and with no regulation serving to determine how AI will be integrated in realms like business and perhaps most importantly war, we are absolutely doomed to succumb to this Great American Going Out of Business Sales.