Malte Laub
@maltelaub.bsky.social
Teaches critical IPE at the University of Sheffield. Researches policing & authoritarian neoliberalism.
I've tried to tell you, who started the argument, in good faith that there is compelling evidence that something is different than you think. I shared some of this evidence with you so you could consider it.
Maybe you will still do so.
But I agree, for now, no point in continuing this. Goodbye.
Maybe you will still do so.
But I agree, for now, no point in continuing this. Goodbye.
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I've tried to tell you, who started the argument, in good faith that there is compelling evidence that something is different than you think. I shared some of this evidence with you so you could consider it.
Maybe you will still do so.
But I agree, for now, no point in continuing this. Goodbye.
Maybe you will still do so.
But I agree, for now, no point in continuing this. Goodbye.
Yes, neoliberalism and free markets are often equated.
However, this has never been accurate, neither in neoliberal theory, nor policy. See Quinn Slobodian's books, or this: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Analyses of the current moment will fall short if they disregard its neoliberal roots.
However, this has never been accurate, neither in neoliberal theory, nor policy. See Quinn Slobodian's books, or this: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Analyses of the current moment will fall short if they disregard its neoliberal roots.
Detaching ‘neoliberalism’ from ‘free markets’: monopolistic corporations as neoliberalism’s ideal market form
The article contributes to the emerging literature on neoliberalism that explicitly rejects the long-held assumption that it is fundamentally about the valorisation of free markets. This scholarshi...
www.tandfonline.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Yes, neoliberalism and free markets are often equated.
However, this has never been accurate, neither in neoliberal theory, nor policy. See Quinn Slobodian's books, or this: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Analyses of the current moment will fall short if they disregard its neoliberal roots.
However, this has never been accurate, neither in neoliberal theory, nor policy. See Quinn Slobodian's books, or this: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Analyses of the current moment will fall short if they disregard its neoliberal roots.
I assume for you "liberal" means "progressive", and to that extent I agree with your second statement.
On the first, the article I shared (one of many) shows why AN is a thing - one that anyone opposed to techno-fascism should care about. If you can't access the paper, email me (I'm easy to find).
On the first, the article I shared (one of many) shows why AN is a thing - one that anyone opposed to techno-fascism should care about. If you can't access the paper, email me (I'm easy to find).
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I assume for you "liberal" means "progressive", and to that extent I agree with your second statement.
On the first, the article I shared (one of many) shows why AN is a thing - one that anyone opposed to techno-fascism should care about. If you can't access the paper, email me (I'm easy to find).
On the first, the article I shared (one of many) shows why AN is a thing - one that anyone opposed to techno-fascism should care about. If you can't access the paper, email me (I'm easy to find).
The literature on authoritarian neoliberalism is very explicit on this link and has been shaping much of critical IPE over the last years. Though perhaps it has not travelled often across the Atlantic.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The Rise of Authoritarian Neoliberalism
This article returns to Marxist commentaries during a previous period characterized by profound contradictions and conflict—especially the writings of Nicos Poulantzas and Stuart Hall on authoritar...
www.tandfonline.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The literature on authoritarian neoliberalism is very explicit on this link and has been shaping much of critical IPE over the last years. Though perhaps it has not travelled often across the Atlantic.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Amazing! Congratulations!
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Amazing! Congratulations!
Yes, I was once told that most properties go to auction b/c they aren’t mortgageable. So it’s cash for the purchase, and then some to alleviate the issues that made it unmortgageable/to tear it down and rebuild. Not doable unless you’re Very Rich or a property developer. Makes the ad even funnier.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yes, I was once told that most properties go to auction b/c they aren’t mortgageable. So it’s cash for the purchase, and then some to alleviate the issues that made it unmortgageable/to tear it down and rebuild. Not doable unless you’re Very Rich or a property developer. Makes the ad even funnier.
Especially since it’s an auction, so highly unlikely that any prospective ‘homeowner’ will be involved anyway.
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Especially since it’s an auction, so highly unlikely that any prospective ‘homeowner’ will be involved anyway.
Picture 9 (of the hallway) is my favourite. Straight up a still from a horror film.
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Picture 9 (of the hallway) is my favourite. Straight up a still from a horror film.
Realised I quoted this post instead of posting here.
It's focus-group disease reinforcing UK state managers' belief that the only legitimate expression of state capacity is through punitiveness. This has a long history, but post-financial crisis austerity has cemented it. Ironically, such displays of strength are destablilising both govt and society.
I simply do not understand how the govt can simultaneously believe (1) they don’t have enough political capital to breach the manifesto on tax and (2) they have enough to political capital to pick an unwinnable fight with their own MPs on immigration.
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Realised I quoted this post instead of posting here.
These points are of course in addition to the arguments that many have already made about differences in facial hair types (and thus grooming needs) between white and Black men/the general racist obsession with Black hair styles and care.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
These points are of course in addition to the arguments that many have already made about differences in facial hair types (and thus grooming needs) between white and Black men/the general racist obsession with Black hair styles and care.
..with a broader audience. Which also tells you something about the deep roots of Trumpism, and why it is successful to the degree that it is.
Not happy to link this paper anymore, but there is some more on this imagery here. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Not happy to link this paper anymore, but there is some more on this imagery here. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce
The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying it is not realistically portraying the country’s diversity and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
..with a broader audience. Which also tells you something about the deep roots of Trumpism, and why it is successful to the degree that it is.
Not happy to link this paper anymore, but there is some more on this imagery here. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Not happy to link this paper anymore, but there is some more on this imagery here. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yet, the (AI) images of white settlers and strong-jawed blond men govt accounts post to X show that the govt sees a (compared to wild bearded Nordic individualists) much "cleaner", more "civilised" & family/nation-centred masculine imagery of European fascism (and the New Deal) as more promising...
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Yet, the (AI) images of white settlers and strong-jawed blond men govt accounts post to X show that the govt sees a (compared to wild bearded Nordic individualists) much "cleaner", more "civilised" & family/nation-centred masculine imagery of European fascism (and the New Deal) as more promising...
That he justifies his beard intervention/step toward institutionalising this racial order in the military by criticising (white) soldiers fancying themselves quasi-Vikings is interesting, given the strong appeal anything Nordic has among many far-right men you'd assume are part of his base.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
That he justifies his beard intervention/step toward institutionalising this racial order in the military by criticising (white) soldiers fancying themselves quasi-Vikings is interesting, given the strong appeal anything Nordic has among many far-right men you'd assume are part of his base.
The references to broken-windows policing and zero-tolerance approaches here, neither of which do much about "crime" but lots to justify stop & frisk policing and incarceration of Black people, reveal the deep historical roots of Trumpism & that Hegseth's 'common sense agenda' is about racial order.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The references to broken-windows policing and zero-tolerance approaches here, neither of which do much about "crime" but lots to justify stop & frisk policing and incarceration of Black people, reveal the deep historical roots of Trumpism & that Hegseth's 'common sense agenda' is about racial order.