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There are some characteristically fascinating points in this @melindacooper.bsky.social piece about the Epstein scandal, and what it reveals about the "master and servant" logic of the contemporary far right www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 17, 2026 at 9:27 AM
There are some characteristically fascinating points in this @melindacooper.bsky.social piece about the Epstein scandal, and what it reveals about the "master and servant" logic of the contemporary far right www.equator.org/articles/eps...
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I think the Lift the Ban campaign, organised by Defend Our Juries, was an act of strategic brilliance
By challenging the state to criminalise thousands under the Terrorism Act, they called the government’s bluff, and undermined the case for proscription.
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By challenging the state to criminalise thousands under the Terrorism Act, they called the government’s bluff, and undermined the case for proscription.
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The Unbanning of Palestine Action • EQUATOR
Britain’s High Court has ruled against the government’s ban of the direct action group
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February 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I think the Lift the Ban campaign, organised by Defend Our Juries, was an act of strategic brilliance
By challenging the state to criminalise thousands under the Terrorism Act, they called the government’s bluff, and undermined the case for proscription.
www.equator.org/articles/the...
By challenging the state to criminalise thousands under the Terrorism Act, they called the government’s bluff, and undermined the case for proscription.
www.equator.org/articles/the...
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straight fire from Melinda Cooper as usual
February 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
straight fire from Melinda Cooper as usual
Pankaj Mishra interviews the Chinese scholar Zhang Weiwei about the coming multipolar order: ”I’d already said that the American model will not work for the Global South, but it doesn’t even seem to be working for the West itself now.” www.equator.org/articles/chi...
China and the World to Come • EQUATOR
How elites in Beijing view the collapse of American hegemony
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February 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Pankaj Mishra interviews the Chinese scholar Zhang Weiwei about the coming multipolar order: ”I’d already said that the American model will not work for the Global South, but it doesn’t even seem to be working for the West itself now.” www.equator.org/articles/chi...
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This is exactly what I talk about in the vibes book as a biopower of lineage
"The ideal patriach is one who breaks from the normal distribution of intelligence...Primal fathers are revered as the founders of a new race, rather than the ancestors of an old one."
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"The ideal patriach is one who breaks from the normal distribution of intelligence...Primal fathers are revered as the founders of a new race, rather than the ancestors of an old one."
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Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 16, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This is exactly what I talk about in the vibes book as a biopower of lineage
"The ideal patriach is one who breaks from the normal distribution of intelligence...Primal fathers are revered as the founders of a new race, rather than the ancestors of an old one."
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
"The ideal patriach is one who breaks from the normal distribution of intelligence...Primal fathers are revered as the founders of a new race, rather than the ancestors of an old one."
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
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"The Epstein household may have reached extremes of sadism, but its political economy is becoming less exceptional by the day."
Important analysis by Prof. Melinda Cooper in @equatormag.bsky.social
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Important analysis by Prof. Melinda Cooper in @equatormag.bsky.social
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
"The Epstein household may have reached extremes of sadism, but its political economy is becoming less exceptional by the day."
Important analysis by Prof. Melinda Cooper in @equatormag.bsky.social
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Important analysis by Prof. Melinda Cooper in @equatormag.bsky.social
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
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Melinda Cooper's 'Epstein Family Values' in the Equator offers a good analysis of how billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Melinda Cooper's 'Epstein Family Values' in the Equator offers a good analysis of how billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants www.equator.org/articles/eps...
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February 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
@melindacooper.bsky.social on the far-right’s new family values: “Epstein’s case is more instructive than Musk’s because it combines the two economies of sexual property that Freud discerned in the primitive unconscious – fratriarchal and patriarchal.”
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Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
@melindacooper.bsky.social on the far-right’s new family values: “Epstein’s case is more instructive than Musk’s because it combines the two economies of sexual property that Freud discerned in the primitive unconscious – fratriarchal and patriarchal.”
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Read Melinda Cooper on Epstein and the tech bros: primal fathers, the backlash against #MeTo, and the return of master-servant relationship. (One has to create a free account to read) www.equator.org/articles/eps...
February 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Read Melinda Cooper on Epstein and the tech bros: primal fathers, the backlash against #MeTo, and the return of master-servant relationship. (One has to create a free account to read) www.equator.org/articles/eps...
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Outstanding piece by @melindacooper.bsky.social in @equatormag.bsky.social on the Epstein files and the billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right who preside over an economy of masters and servants. www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 15, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Outstanding piece by @melindacooper.bsky.social in @equatormag.bsky.social on the Epstein files and the billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right who preside over an economy of masters and servants. www.equator.org/articles/eps...
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"The Epstein household may have reached extremes of sadism, but its political economy is becoming less exceptional by the day."
@melindacooper.bsky.social continuing her insightful analysis of 'family capitalism' and the politics of the current far right
@melindacooper.bsky.social continuing her insightful analysis of 'family capitalism' and the politics of the current far right
What does Epstein’s household economy reveal about the billionaire far-right? Melinda Cooper traces the disturbing logic connecting primal patriarchy, transhumanism, and the rule of masters over servants.
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
"The Epstein household may have reached extremes of sadism, but its political economy is becoming less exceptional by the day."
@melindacooper.bsky.social continuing her insightful analysis of 'family capitalism' and the politics of the current far right
@melindacooper.bsky.social continuing her insightful analysis of 'family capitalism' and the politics of the current far right
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Cooper shows that Epstein’s world reflects a rising far-right elite logic: billionaire households as quasi-feudal economies of “masters and servants,” where wealth buys dominion and erodes democratic norms in favor of personal power and dependency.
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Cooper shows that Epstein’s world reflects a rising far-right elite logic: billionaire households as quasi-feudal economies of “masters and servants,” where wealth buys dominion and erodes democratic norms in favor of personal power and dependency.
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Melinda Cooper on the household servitude economy in general, and in extreme form (Epstein).
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Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Melinda Cooper on the household servitude economy in general, and in extreme form (Epstein).
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"Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order." @melindacooper.bsky.social at Equator www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
"Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order." @melindacooper.bsky.social at Equator www.equator.org/articles/eps...
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Melinda Cooper on Epstein class & billionaire far-right desire to rule a household economy:
"Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order."
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
"Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order."
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
www.equator.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Melinda Cooper on Epstein class & billionaire far-right desire to rule a household economy:
"Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order."
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
"Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order."
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
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Melinda Cooper, spot on 👌
February 14, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Melinda Cooper, spot on 👌
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Melinda Cooper does a great job tying Epstein’s system of sexual subjection to a wider return to household staffs among the ultra-rich and to America’s political personalist project under Trump www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Melinda Cooper does a great job tying Epstein’s system of sexual subjection to a wider return to household staffs among the ultra-rich and to America’s political personalist project under Trump www.equator.org/articles/eps...
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"Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order."
A sharp and devastating piece from @melindacooper.bsky.social on the patriarchal household economy as political model.
A sharp and devastating piece from @melindacooper.bsky.social on the patriarchal household economy as political model.
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
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February 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order."
A sharp and devastating piece from @melindacooper.bsky.social on the patriarchal household economy as political model.
A sharp and devastating piece from @melindacooper.bsky.social on the patriarchal household economy as political model.
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Fascinating piece by Melinda Cooper connecting Silicon Valley pronatalism, the household economies of billionaire compounds, and the Epstein case to argue for an emerging “master-and-servant” political economy. www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
www.equator.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Fascinating piece by Melinda Cooper connecting Silicon Valley pronatalism, the household economies of billionaire compounds, and the Epstein case to argue for an emerging “master-and-servant” political economy. www.equator.org/articles/eps...
What does Epstein’s household economy reveal about the billionaire far-right? Melinda Cooper traces the disturbing logic connecting primal patriarchy, transhumanism, and the rule of masters over servants.
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
www.equator.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
What does Epstein’s household economy reveal about the billionaire far-right? Melinda Cooper traces the disturbing logic connecting primal patriarchy, transhumanism, and the rule of masters over servants.
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
www.equator.org/articles/eps...