Raymond Craib
@raycraib.bsky.social
Historian at Cornell. Adventure Capitalism: A history of libertarian exit from the era of decolonization to the digital age (PM Press 2022); Cry of the Renegade (OUP 2016); and Cartographic Mexico (Duke UP 2004). Ipswich Town FC.
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His book is a must read
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
His book is a must read
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On the military side, Responsible Statecraft and specifically William Hartung has really done a great job of exposing Silicon Valley's attempts to takeover the MIC. He has a new book out, the Trillion Dollar War Machine, that I'm not done reading but really good
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On the military side, Responsible Statecraft and specifically William Hartung has really done a great job of exposing Silicon Valley's attempts to takeover the MIC. He has a new book out, the Trillion Dollar War Machine, that I'm not done reading but really good
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Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit book is also very good. The academics have been way ahead of the journalists on this but are definitely a bright spot. EuropeanPowell has good stuff on how this is affecting the UK and Europe. @andreaskemper.bsky.social is well worth a look.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit book is also very good. The academics have been way ahead of the journalists on this but are definitely a bright spot. EuropeanPowell has good stuff on how this is affecting the UK and Europe. @andreaskemper.bsky.social is well worth a look.
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yeah, there's a lot of junk out there to be honest... BUT some people i really like on these topics are quinn slobodian (Wrote Hayak's Bastards, great read,) @ojutel.bsky.social does really cool work, (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...), Erin McElroy's "Silicon Valley Imperialism" is real good
The Network State, Exit, and the Political Economy of Venture Capital
This article focuses on the Network State movement as embodying the venture capital (VC) logic of exit. Exit constitutes both a strategy for lucrative returns and an ideology seeking out new territor...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
yeah, there's a lot of junk out there to be honest... BUT some people i really like on these topics are quinn slobodian (Wrote Hayak's Bastards, great read,) @ojutel.bsky.social does really cool work, (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...), Erin McElroy's "Silicon Valley Imperialism" is real good
The first time I saw the film Elysium I thought it was too blunt and too flat in its presentation of space oligarchs and earthbound lumpen; I recently rewatched it and my former criticisms were naive…..
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The first time I saw the film Elysium I thought it was too blunt and too flat in its presentation of space oligarchs and earthbound lumpen; I recently rewatched it and my former criticisms were naive…..
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As I watch Forest City’s proposal unfold in Suffolk, a plan to build a city for one million people on 45,000 acres of farmland, I’m struck by an eerie familiarity. The same architect. The same libertarian backers. The same progressive rhetoric masking corporate governance.
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
As I watch Forest City’s proposal unfold in Suffolk, a plan to build a city for one million people on 45,000 acres of farmland, I’m struck by an eerie familiarity. The same architect. The same libertarian backers. The same progressive rhetoric masking corporate governance.
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Here’s where the Forest City connection becomes impossible to ignore.
Patrik Schumacher, principal of Zaha Hadid Architects, designed Próspera’s initial buildings and sits on its advisory board.
Patrik Schumacher, principal of Zaha Hadid Architects, designed Próspera’s initial buildings and sits on its advisory board.
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Here’s where the Forest City connection becomes impossible to ignore.
Patrik Schumacher, principal of Zaha Hadid Architects, designed Próspera’s initial buildings and sits on its advisory board.
Patrik Schumacher, principal of Zaha Hadid Architects, designed Próspera’s initial buildings and sits on its advisory board.
Respect for the minivan
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Respect for the minivan