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Inside: Metabolizing the theory of "political capitalism"; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Metabolizing the theory of "political capitalism"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/12/06/big…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Madison, CT (MONDAY!); #Hamburg and #Denver!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Metabolizing the theory of "political capitalism": How many $TRUMP coins should your company buy?
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Cory Doctorow
2025-12-06 21:04:58
Strange New Words (Adam)
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The idea of companies and industries stalling out because the whole industry can't upgrade to the newest technology sounds a whole lot like technical debt.
I've been wondering recently if not only companies but countries (and empires) are susceptible to this. I think of the UK trying to run a 20th century empire with an infrastructure designed for coal. Or the US trying to run a 21st century empire on an infrastructure designed for oil. Of course these empires decline. They have to pay the technical debt on the existing systems, while their competitors don't. So that would make Riley/Brenner theory a private sector corollary to imperial decline.