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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/05/2026

Under the doctrine of revealed preferences, someone who sells their kidney to make the rent has a revealed preference for only having one kidney: pluralistic.net/2026/03/30/p... 8/

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Pluralistic: Market participation is exhausting (30 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/05/2026

Capitalism is supposed to run on risk: the risk of being overtaken by a competitor drives businesses to deliver better services more efficiently, thus producing a bounty for all. 9/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/05/2026

But capitalists really *hate* risk, hence the drive to monopoly: Mark Zuckerberg admitted, *in writing*, that he only bought Instagram so that he wouldn't have to compete with it ("It is better to buy than to compete" -M. Zuckerberg): pluralistic.net/2025/11/20/i... 10/

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Pluralistic: The long game (20 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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