O(N^2) nationalism: Trumpism can only be defeated throuh international nationalism.

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Cory Doctorow

2025-11-26 12:43:53

In their 2023 book *Underground Empire*, political scientists Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman describe how the modern world runs on US-based systems that other nations treat(ed) as neutral platforms, and how that is collapsing:

pluralistic.net/2023/10/10/wea…

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Pluralistic: Underground Empire; The Lost Cause prologue part IV (10 Oct 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Hey look at this

* On contrarian history going-medieval.com/2025/11/25/…

* Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices wired.com/story/game-theory-ex…

* Part 1: My Life Is a Lie yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-l… (h/t Naked Capitalism)

* The American Pay Cut That Gave Us Obama and Trump, Twice americasundoing.com/p/it-works… (h/t Naked Capitalism)

* Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy cnbc.com/2025/11/23/how-device… (h/t Hacker News)

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#20yrsago Transformers costumes that turn into cars and jets web.archive.org/web/2005112702…

#15yrsago London police brutally kettle children marching for education web.archive.org/web/2010112600…

#15yrsago Kremlinology with Rupert Murdoch: what do the Times paywall numbers mean? theguardian.com/technology/blo…

#10yrsago Ifixit is the new Justice League of America and Kyle Wiens is its Superman web.archive.org/web/2015112512…

#5yrsago Random Penguin to buy Simon & Schuster pluralistic.net/2020/11/25/the…

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#5yrsago A state-owned Amazon pluralistic.net/2020/11/25/the…

#5yrsago Office 365 spies on employees for bosses pluralistic.net/2020/11/25/the…

#5yrsago Tech in SF pluralistic.net/2020/11/25/the…

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Yesterday's threads: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" ; and more!

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Cory Doctorow

2025-11-25 16:47:54

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" ; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/ope…

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into “junk insurance” (25 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:

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My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

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Upcoming appearances:

* #Toronto: Jailbreaking Canada (OCAD U), Nov 27
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* #SanDiego: Enshittification at the Mission Hills Branch Library, Dec 1
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* #Seattle: Neuroscience, AI and Society (University of Washington), Dec 4
compneuro.washington.edu/news-…

* Virtual: Poetic Technologies with Brian Eno (David Graeber Institute), Dec 8
davidgraeber.institute/poetic-…

* #Madison, CT: Enshittification at RJ Julia, Dec 8
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Hamburg: Chaos Communications Congress, Dec 27-30
events.ccc.de/congress/2025/in…

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Recent appearances:

* How the internet went to sh*t (Prospect Magazine)
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* Enshittification and “Breaking Kings” (Web Summit)
youtube.com/watch?v=CpLudlrwS_…

* Enshittification Nation (The Lever)
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* Enshittification with Oh God What Now
castbox.fm/episode/Why-Tech-Su…

* Enshittification with The Lede (New Lines Magazine)
newlinesmag.com/podcast/why-th…

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I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!

Catch me next in #Toronto (TOMORROW!), #SanDiego and #Seattle!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

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