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: O(N^2) nationalism (26 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Pluralistic: O(N^2) nationalism (26 Nov 2025)

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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

Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)

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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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Picks and Shovels

New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new...

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Upcoming appearances:

* #Toronto: Jailbreaking Canada (OCAD U), Nov 27
ocadu.ca/events-and-exhibition…

* #SanDiego: Enshittification at the Mission Hills Branch Library, Dec 1
libraryfoundationsd.org/events…

* #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)
levernews.com/enshittification…

* 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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