By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026But at the very same time, I'm living in a world in which Trump is (inadvertently) dismantling many of the worst aspects of the old order *in favor of something decidedly better*. Take Trump's tariff policy. 5/ 1738
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026During Trump I, he decided Americans couldn't buy Chinese solar anymore, which had the double benefit of allowing him of throwing red meat to Sinophobic Cold War 2.0 freaks *and* delivering a giant gift to the planet-wrecking oil companies that had helped him buy his way into office. 6/ 1625
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026This was really bad for America, of course, but those solar panels had to go *somewhere*. Mostly, they ended up in Pakistan, dumped there at such a massive discount that the country solarized virtually overnight. 7/ 110614
