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Marietje Schaake

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Technology Policy at Stanford 👩🏼‍💻 column in FT 🇪🇺 Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · Feb 4

When I wrote my book The Tech Coup, quite a few people remarked that the word ‘coup’ might be an overstatement. Today it sadly seems like an understatement ↘️ bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 1d

Not good for the procreation agenda: Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/t...

Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 1d

Thread on The Tech Coup, thank you @eerkeboiten.bsky.social ↘️

Eerke Boiten @eerkeboiten.bsky.social · 1d

Finished reading @marietjeschaake.bsky.social's The Tech Coup. It is a great book that appeared at a very unfortunate moment: the warning is spot on, and the analysis of the world of 2024 is very insightful, but I think nobody knew how quickly the world was going to get worse from then. (1/n)

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 1d

It was indeed a quote

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Luistertip: Sandra en Sander 🎧 Amerika is eigenlijk al een derde wereldland qua instabiliteit. Europa moet de investering van een generatie doen om het alternatief voor het vluchtend kapitaal te worden ↘️ open.spotify.com/episode/40bA...

Aflevering 1 — De wereldeconomie

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Jan Paternotte @jpaternotte.bsky.social · 1d

Jonge wetenschappers hebben de plannen van partijen in kaart gebracht. En wat blijkt? D66 is dé wetenschapspartij.

Dat lieten we al eerder zien met flinke investeringen in de wetenschap, en door op te komen voor de vrijheid van onderzoekers.

Nederland is een land van wetenschap, dus stem D66!

Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 Hoe denken politieke partijen over onderzoek, onderwijs en internationalisering? En hoe verhouden hun standpunten zich tot de speerpunten van De Jonge Akademie?
🎯 Leesvoer voor iedereen met een ❤️ voor onderwijs en wetenschap!
➡️ dejongeakademie.nl/publicaties/...

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 4d

Enjoyed talking to @joetrippi.bsky.social on his @lincolnsquare.media podcast ‘That Trippi Show’ about tech bro’s and powerhunger ↘️ podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/t...

How can we stop the tech coup?

Podcast Episode · That Trippi Show · 10/10/2025 · 33m

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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 4d

A list of highly recommended readings to help understand today’s geopolitical and social-cultural environment.

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
@moisesnaim.bsky.social
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social
@yuvalharari.bsky.social
@brianklaas.bsky.social

Recommended readings:

—Anne Appelbaum’s “Autocracy Inc.” to understand how organized crime syndicates have overtaken governments and are collaborating globally with aligned actors

—Moises Naim’s “Mafia States,” to understand that organized crime syndicates too frequently hijack nation states

—Marietje Schaake’s “The Tech Coup,” to understand how tech company leaders are supporting degradation of democratic and accountability institutions

Sarah Wynn-Williams’ “Careless People,” to understand the culture at the top of leading social media platforms

—Brian Klaas’ “Corruptible,” to understand why there is a disproportionate and natural selection of sociopaths in power around the world because others are often not willing to seek that level of power

—Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s “Strongmen,” to understand how authoritarians rise to power, rule with performative cruelty, and eventually fall

—Yuval Noah Harari’s “Nexus,” to understand how large human movements are often fueled by fictional or embellished stories

—Heinz Kohut (1972)’s “Thoughts on Narcissism and Narcissistic Rage,” to understand the insatiable need for narcissistic supply and narcissistic revenge that too often fuels public policy decisions

—Tilo Hartmann (2016)’s “Parasocial interaction, parasocial relationships, and well-being,” to understand the cognitive influence effects of pseudo-intimate relationships and how these can potentially be exploitative

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 4d

Enjoyed talking to @joetrippi.bsky.social on his @lincolnsquare.media podcast ‘That Trippi Show’ about tech bro’s and powerhunger ↘️ podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/t...

How can we stop the tech coup?

Podcast Episode · That Trippi Show · 10/10/2025 · 33m

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 4d

A new low in America. Academic doxed and threatened for doing anti-fascism RESEARCH: Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 5d

What will happen to justice and accountability for acts of terrorism and warcrimes committed in Israel, Gaza and the West-Bank now that the deal is agreed? No peace without justice will probably hold true here too

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 11d

Criticizing Charlie Kirk is a fireable offense that incites domestic terrorism. But calling political opponents "the party of hate, evil, and Satan" is proper and good. Got it.

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 8d

Un grand merci 🙏🏻↘️

Matthieu Dugal @matthieudugal.bsky.social · 13d

Je l'ai déjà publié ici mais LE livre qu'il faut lire pour comprendre le big picture à propos de ce qui est en train de se passer avec la gouvernance politique vs le GAFAM c'est celui-ci. Un des plus brillants livres sur la technologie lus depuis 15 ans. Et suivez aussi @marietjeschaake.bsky.social

The Tech Coup

A tech insider who has been hailed by The New Yorker for her “forceful critique” of Big Tech describes what must be done to stop its erosion of democracy

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Tom Goldsmith @tomgoldsmith.bsky.social · 12d

This from @marietjeschaake.bsky.social's excellent book "The Tech Coup" remains an evergreen statement.

"Ultimately, the highest goal of democratic governments is not, and should not be, innovation. Rather, it is about making sure that various trade-offs, between innovation and safety, digitization and nondiscrimination, are managed in line with the rule of law. The goal is to prevent companies from moving fast and breaking things." - The Tech Coup by Marietje Schaake

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 15d

In The Tech Coup, @marietjeschaake.bsky.social offers a frightening look at our modern tech-obsessed world—& a clear-eyed view of how democracies can build a better future before it is too late.

Now in #paperback. Read a free sample & save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley by Marietje Schaake. Now in paperback. "[An] all-too-prescient work."—Carole Cadwalladr, The Power

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 16d

The ‘tradwife’ fantasy: Kirk herself is on record saying that “boss babe culture is completely antithetical to the gospel”. Yet she has just been elected chief executive and chair of Turning Point, which she has vowed to make the “biggest thing [America] has ever seen” ↘️ on.ft.com/46rSOFn

The ‘tradwife’ fantasy

Economic stress is one reason traditional gender roles have a political and emotional allure

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 16d

Goodmorning ☀️

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16d

Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party decisively wins a tense parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims.

Moldova’s pro-EU party wins parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims

Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party decisively won a parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims that was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West.

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de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · 16d

Pro-Europese partij PAS behoudt ruime meerderheid in parlement Moldavië

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 18d

Together, political predators and digital conquistadors have decided to wipe out the old elites and their rules. If they succeed, it will not only be the parties of lawyers and technocrats that will be swept away, but also liberal democracy as we have known it until today ↘️ on.ft.com/4nVwSII

How tech lords and populists changed the rules of power

Digital moguls and strongman leaders are far more than disrupters of the old liberal order. Together they seek to sweep it away, writes Giuliano da Empoli

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 19d

As it turns out, you can’t sell your soul to Trump and keep your spine; they’re a package deal ↘️ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Lower Than Cowards

The surrender of America’s elites

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 27d

Kimmel.

Colbert.

Suits against the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and 60 Minutes.

Extorting settlements from CBS, ABC, and others.

Blocking the AP's access to the White House. 🧵

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 27d

A glittering showcase of the powerful outdoing themselves to get on the good side of a president whose 2nd term has been marked by demonstrations of brute power. The seating chart ought to be kept and studied as a fascinating document about the history of the West ↘️
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/w...

Behind Castle Walls, the Rich and Powerful Celebrate Trump

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Bits of Freedom @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social · 29d

Weg van Big Tech: waar begin je en wat is nou daadwerkelijk een goed alternatief? Om je op weg te helpen, bieden we je graag een stappenplan aan. Samen worden we onafhankelijk van Big Tech! 🙏💪 www.bitsoffreedom.nl/campagnes/st...

Afbeelding met tekst in strip style: 'ik ben onafhankelijk van big tech Tijd voor actie: doe mee en stap af van Big Tech'

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CyberTaters @potato.software · Sep 14

Fantastisk chance for at blive klogere på uafhængighed af big tech hos @politiken.dk den 16/9. Jeg ser meget frem til at høre @marietjeschaake.bsky.social og andre kompetente eksperter diskutere dette emne.

#dkpol #BreakUpBigTech #SurveillanceCapitalism #potato

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 29d

Wat een prachtig en hartverscheurend stuk over India. Stil van: De ernstig gehandicapte India zit opgesloten in haar eigen lichaam en is het zat: ‘Ik heb het gehad met leven’ ↘️ www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/d...

De ernstig gehandicapte India zit opgesloten in haar eigen lichaam en is het zat: ‘Ik heb het gehad met leven’

Dik vijf jaar geleden werden Kamerleden op werkbezoek getroffen door een slim meisje in een rolstoel dat alleen haar ogen kon bewegen. Dinsdag beleeft ze haar uitgestelde bezoek aan Den Haag voor Prin...

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · Sep 11

A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting an attempted coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.

www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Brazil's Bolsonaro guilty of coup charges, court majority decides in landmark trial

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow to the populist far-right movement he created.

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