By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/05/2026Trump would dearly love to find an ox he can safely gore, but all the good oxen are owned by his oligarch chums. 7/ 1110
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/05/2026Trump can't punish Ticketmaster, because the billions Ticketmaster steals from the WWE, F1 and football fans in his base all land in the pocket of oligarchs who own stock in Ticketmaster, and Trump can't afford to upset those oligarchs: pluralistic.net/2024/06/03/a... 8/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions (03 Jun 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1130
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/05/2026Indeed, I can't think of a *single* corrupt racket that Trump can afford to do something about. Not even the only cost of living metric that can approach gas prices in the hierarchy of American electoral salience: grocery prices. 9/ 170
