reijer hendrikse
@reijer.bsky.social
geographies, histories, intersections of finance, politics, tech, world order
postdoc, vrije universiteit brussel; nonresident fellow, illiberalism studies program, george washington university
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reijer-Hendrikse-2
postdoc, vrije universiteit brussel; nonresident fellow, illiberalism studies program, george washington university
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reijer-Hendrikse-2
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(PDF) The Rise of Neo-Illiberalism
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*record scratch* *freeze frame* 'Yep, that's me - 2026. You're probably wondering how we got here'
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"the setup is intriguing — partly because it mirrors what China did three decades ago" share.google/R9sFhNsenarG...
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
"the setup is intriguing — partly because it mirrors what China did three decades ago" share.google/R9sFhNsenarG...
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Episode 5 of Ideology Unbound is now live. @lkatfield.bsky.social sits down with Marlene Laruelle to talk about #Russia and #illiberalism.
This one is also available as a video on YouTube.
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
This one is also available as a video on YouTube.
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Episode 5 of Ideology Unbound is now live. @lkatfield.bsky.social sits down with Marlene Laruelle to talk about #Russia and #illiberalism.
This one is also available as a video on YouTube.
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
This one is also available as a video on YouTube.
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
Achter het 'met dank aan Elon Musk' schuilt een compleet ander verhaal maar blijkbaar mag niemand dat opschrijven
www.ad.nl/buitenland/l...
www.ad.nl/buitenland/l...
LIVE oorlog Oekraïne | Oekraïne boekt met dank aan Elon Musk plots ‘snelste terreinwinst in 2,5 jaar’
Oekraïne heeft vorige week de ‘snelste terreinwinst in 2,5 jaar’ geboekt op het slagveld. Dat blijkt uit een analyse van het Franse persbureau AFP. Het Oekraïense succes is mogelijk deels te danken aa...
www.ad.nl
February 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Achter het 'met dank aan Elon Musk' schuilt een compleet ander verhaal maar blijkbaar mag niemand dat opschrijven
www.ad.nl/buitenland/l...
www.ad.nl/buitenland/l...
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“[M]anifestations of capital and capitalism have changed dramatically, yet capital’s source code has remained almost unchanged throughout. Many of the legal institutions we still use today were first invented in the time of feudalism”
Katarina Pistor (2019) The Code of Capital
Katarina Pistor (2019) The Code of Capital
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 AM
“[M]anifestations of capital and capitalism have changed dramatically, yet capital’s source code has remained almost unchanged throughout. Many of the legal institutions we still use today were first invented in the time of feudalism”
Katarina Pistor (2019) The Code of Capital
Katarina Pistor (2019) The Code of Capital
Afgaand op de genadeloze analyse van Melinda Cooper is de vraag niet zozeer of er een einde komt aan het kapitalisme, maar of het überhaupt ooit bestaan heeft
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
February 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Afgaand op de genadeloze analyse van Melinda Cooper is de vraag niet zozeer of er een einde komt aan het kapitalisme, maar of het überhaupt ooit bestaan heeft
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
The right wants to repeal the material advances of twentieth century; the left ought to repeal the ideational advances of nineteenth century
February 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The right wants to repeal the material advances of twentieth century; the left ought to repeal the ideational advances of nineteenth century
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"Over kapitalisme kunnen we zeggen dat het heel sterke overblijfselen heeft van het feodalisme. Het is alsof feodalisme vloeibaar werd en de macht verschoof van land naar geld"
Kim Stanley Robinson, 2013
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Kim Stanley Robinson, 2013
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(PDF) Terug naar de toekomst: kapitalisme als vloeibaar feodalisme?
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January 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
"Over kapitalisme kunnen we zeggen dat het heel sterke overblijfselen heeft van het feodalisme. Het is alsof feodalisme vloeibaar werd en de macht verschoof van land naar geld"
Kim Stanley Robinson, 2013
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Kim Stanley Robinson, 2013
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"Kapitalisme gaat over kapitaalaccumulatie", aldus Trump financier Peter Thiel.
Dat klopt, maar kapitaalaccumulatie gaat niet enkel over kapitalisme - integendeel.
"Terug naar de toekomst: Kapitalisme als vloeibaar feodalisme?"
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Dat klopt, maar kapitaalaccumulatie gaat niet enkel over kapitalisme - integendeel.
"Terug naar de toekomst: Kapitalisme als vloeibaar feodalisme?"
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January 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"Kapitalisme gaat over kapitaalaccumulatie", aldus Trump financier Peter Thiel.
Dat klopt, maar kapitaalaccumulatie gaat niet enkel over kapitalisme - integendeel.
"Terug naar de toekomst: Kapitalisme als vloeibaar feodalisme?"
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Dat klopt, maar kapitaalaccumulatie gaat niet enkel over kapitalisme - integendeel.
"Terug naar de toekomst: Kapitalisme als vloeibaar feodalisme?"
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Melinda Cooper pulls no punches 🔥🔥🔥
"Primal fathers want an extended household, not a family. They gladly transgress the conservative taboos against adultery, incest and intergenerational sex because all members of their household have the status of servant, whatever their blood relationship"
"Primal fathers want an extended household, not a family. They gladly transgress the conservative taboos against adultery, incest and intergenerational sex because all members of their household have the status of servant, whatever their blood relationship"
February 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Melinda Cooper pulls no punches 🔥🔥🔥
"Primal fathers want an extended household, not a family. They gladly transgress the conservative taboos against adultery, incest and intergenerational sex because all members of their household have the status of servant, whatever their blood relationship"
"Primal fathers want an extended household, not a family. They gladly transgress the conservative taboos against adultery, incest and intergenerational sex because all members of their household have the status of servant, whatever their blood relationship"
Musk was basically made by the US state, via charters and grants, and then paid Trump $300 million to X-ray and 'disrupt' its core operating system
Musk is one of many interregnal monsters, turning modernity into postmodernity, democracy into oligarchy, and (state) capitalism into technofeudalism
Musk is one of many interregnal monsters, turning modernity into postmodernity, democracy into oligarchy, and (state) capitalism into technofeudalism
February 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Musk was basically made by the US state, via charters and grants, and then paid Trump $300 million to X-ray and 'disrupt' its core operating system
Musk is one of many interregnal monsters, turning modernity into postmodernity, democracy into oligarchy, and (state) capitalism into technofeudalism
Musk is one of many interregnal monsters, turning modernity into postmodernity, democracy into oligarchy, and (state) capitalism into technofeudalism
"Aan vroegmoderne koninklijke hoven was een onderscheid in publieke of ambtelijke en private of huishoudelijke sferen in de praktijk vaak nauwelijks waar te nemen"
Exact zoals het aan de laatmoderne hoven van vandaag werkt - van Putin en Trump, maar ook Musk en Thiel
www.dbnl.org/tekst/_zev00...
Exact zoals het aan de laatmoderne hoven van vandaag werkt - van Putin en Trump, maar ook Musk en Thiel
www.dbnl.org/tekst/_zev00...
Leven als een graaf Het hof van Willem Frederik (1613-1664) als particuliere onderneming Geert H. Janssen, De Zeventiende Eeuw. Jaargang 20 - DBNL
Op deze pagina lees je de tekst 'De Zeventiende Eeuw. Jaargang 20'
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February 17, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"Aan vroegmoderne koninklijke hoven was een onderscheid in publieke of ambtelijke en private of huishoudelijke sferen in de praktijk vaak nauwelijks waar te nemen"
Exact zoals het aan de laatmoderne hoven van vandaag werkt - van Putin en Trump, maar ook Musk en Thiel
www.dbnl.org/tekst/_zev00...
Exact zoals het aan de laatmoderne hoven van vandaag werkt - van Putin en Trump, maar ook Musk en Thiel
www.dbnl.org/tekst/_zev00...
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The far right label is not easily applied in China, yet xenophobia, militaristic nationalism, racism, and anti feminism are rising in online discourse and sometimes within the state. The global fight against fascism requires solidarity with grassroots resistance. www.tni.org/en/article/m...
February 17, 2026 at 8:13 AM
The far right label is not easily applied in China, yet xenophobia, militaristic nationalism, racism, and anti feminism are rising in online discourse and sometimes within the state. The global fight against fascism requires solidarity with grassroots resistance. www.tni.org/en/article/m...
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"The Epstein household may have reached extremes of sadism, but its political economy is becoming less exceptional by the day [...] [T]he kind of personal obligation and indebtedness he inspired among dependents is now a standard feature of the billionaire household economy"
February 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
"The Epstein household may have reached extremes of sadism, but its political economy is becoming less exceptional by the day [...] [T]he kind of personal obligation and indebtedness he inspired among dependents is now a standard feature of the billionaire household economy"
Under billionaire-class rule, the state becomes their piñata 🪅
SpaceX to compete in Pentagon contest for autonomous drone tech, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4rEVAzr
SpaceX to compete in Pentagon contest for autonomous drone tech, Bloomberg News reports
Elon Musk's SpaceX and its wholly-owned subsidiary xAI are competing in a secret new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
reut.rs
February 16, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Under billionaire-class rule, the state becomes their piñata 🪅
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Over hoe de lastercampagne tegen Albanese wederom mede door De Telegraaf en de SGP werd aangejaagd. Maar belangrijker: hoe andere media en politici steeds op opnieuw stil blijven. Dat is misschien nog wel het meest beschamende.
rightsforum.org/haatcampagne...
rightsforum.org/haatcampagne...
Haatcampagne tegen VN-rapporteur Albanese bereikt nieuw dieptepunt – en keert zich tegen de daders - The Rights Forum
rightsforum.org
February 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Over hoe de lastercampagne tegen Albanese wederom mede door De Telegraaf en de SGP werd aangejaagd. Maar belangrijker: hoe andere media en politici steeds op opnieuw stil blijven. Dat is misschien nog wel het meest beschamende.
rightsforum.org/haatcampagne...
rightsforum.org/haatcampagne...
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Melinda Cooper forcefully pulling the modern ideological mask of capital-ISM from capital's enduring feudal face
An absolutely brilliant piece 👏 👏
An absolutely brilliant piece 👏 👏
February 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Melinda Cooper forcefully pulling the modern ideological mask of capital-ISM from capital's enduring feudal face
An absolutely brilliant piece 👏 👏
An absolutely brilliant piece 👏 👏
Melinda Cooper pulls no punches 🔥🔥🔥
"Primal fathers want an extended household, not a family. They gladly transgress the conservative taboos against adultery, incest and intergenerational sex because all members of their household have the status of servant, whatever their blood relationship"
"Primal fathers want an extended household, not a family. They gladly transgress the conservative taboos against adultery, incest and intergenerational sex because all members of their household have the status of servant, whatever their blood relationship"
February 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Melinda Cooper pulls no punches 🔥🔥🔥
"Primal fathers want an extended household, not a family. They gladly transgress the conservative taboos against adultery, incest and intergenerational sex because all members of their household have the status of servant, whatever their blood relationship"
"Primal fathers want an extended household, not a family. They gladly transgress the conservative taboos against adultery, incest and intergenerational sex because all members of their household have the status of servant, whatever their blood relationship"
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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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"European democracies are, with American help, transitioning toward becoming bona fide oligarchies. To get there, they’ll need the far right and liberals to combine forces despite positioning themselves as erstwhile opponents."
Bootlicking at the Munich Security Conference
The Munich Security Conference lived up to its reputation for being the festival of bland fanaticism that it’s always been, only more so this time.
substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:03 AM
"European democracies are, with American help, transitioning toward becoming bona fide oligarchies. To get there, they’ll need the far right and liberals to combine forces despite positioning themselves as erstwhile opponents."
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Wetten voor burgers gelden niet voor overheden.
Vrouw legt beslag op een sculptuur vd overheid die haar (toeslagen)geld schuldig is: krijgt kort geding aan haar broek, MinFin zegt 'dit is misbruik van het recht!'
Overheid legt onterecht beslag op spullen toeslagenouders: mag gewoon.
Vrouw legt beslag op een sculptuur vd overheid die haar (toeslagen)geld schuldig is: krijgt kort geding aan haar broek, MinFin zegt 'dit is misbruik van het recht!'
Overheid legt onterecht beslag op spullen toeslagenouders: mag gewoon.
Toeslagenmoeder legt beslag op een standbeeld van het ministerie. ‘Een fatsoenlijke overheid laat het niet zo ver komen’
Toeslagenmoeder legt beslag op een standbeeld van het ministerie. ‘Een fatsoenlijke overheid laat het niet zo ver komen’
Ze heeft recht op een dwangsom van de overheid, maar ontvangt die maar niet. Dus heeft ‘toeslagenouder’ Yasmin Molleman beslag laten leggen op een standbeeld in de tuin van Binnenlandse Zaken.
www.trouw.nl
February 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Wetten voor burgers gelden niet voor overheden.
Vrouw legt beslag op een sculptuur vd overheid die haar (toeslagen)geld schuldig is: krijgt kort geding aan haar broek, MinFin zegt 'dit is misbruik van het recht!'
Overheid legt onterecht beslag op spullen toeslagenouders: mag gewoon.
Vrouw legt beslag op een sculptuur vd overheid die haar (toeslagen)geld schuldig is: krijgt kort geding aan haar broek, MinFin zegt 'dit is misbruik van het recht!'
Overheid legt onterecht beslag op spullen toeslagenouders: mag gewoon.
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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
Don't want to brag but i once pushed my curling stone two times after release and no one noticed
February 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Don't want to brag but i once pushed my curling stone two times after release and no one noticed
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This is hands-down the best thing I’ve read on Epstein‘s worldview and those of his fellow tech, finance, and academic elite. It’s a rough read, but at least every paragraph is a banger. 🔥🔥🔥😭
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM
This is hands-down the best thing I’ve read on Epstein‘s worldview and those of his fellow tech, finance, and academic elite. It’s a rough read, but at least every paragraph is a banger. 🔥🔥🔥😭
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Je wil de wc gebruiken en de persoon die net daarvoor de boel ondergescheten heeft vertelt je hoe je het schoon moet houden.
February 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Je wil de wc gebruiken en de persoon die net daarvoor de boel ondergescheten heeft vertelt je hoe je het schoon moet houden.
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Reminder that Francesca Albanese is not being targeted for a sentence twisted and lifted out of context in a speech.
She is being targeted for daring to name the names of giant companies complicit in the crime of genocide.
They would rather destroy international law than be accountable to it.
She is being targeted for daring to name the names of giant companies complicit in the crime of genocide.
They would rather destroy international law than be accountable to it.
It was my great honour to interview the one and only Francesca Albanese yesterday. Watch here, and find out why Trump and Rubio are so determined to stop her vital work:
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Israel's Tech Boom & the Economy of Genocide
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur, joins Naomi to discuss calls for her removal and her latest report documenting the 'corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project.’
zeteo.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Reminder that Francesca Albanese is not being targeted for a sentence twisted and lifted out of context in a speech.
She is being targeted for daring to name the names of giant companies complicit in the crime of genocide.
They would rather destroy international law than be accountable to it.
She is being targeted for daring to name the names of giant companies complicit in the crime of genocide.
They would rather destroy international law than be accountable to it.