pepperberryDubai’s skyline is a marvel—and a mask. This essay argues the “Dubai model” is a rentier extraction system powered by the kafala labour regime, anti‑city urbanism, financial opacity, and U.S. security guarantees. Exporting it replicates spectacle without development.
Read: https://thinkingprospectus.substack.com/p/the-dubai-model-spectacle-servitude
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Johannes küng