By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026But Biden found a way to do it that "balanced" the leftist principle of protecting people from capitalist exploitation with the liberal principle of protecting businesses lest the essential function of developing life-saving drugs become a state activity (rather than a market one). 17/ 180
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026Biden's solution? "Build Back Better," allowing the feds to negotiate *up to* 10 drug prices (possibly *zero* drug prices), *but* the new prices only kick in *after* the 2024 election, so no one sees the benefit of this in time for the next general election: pluralistic.net/2021/11/18/b... 18/pluralistic.netPluralistic: 18 Nov 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 190
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026This is a solution that pleases *no one* - and that's the point. Biden and his team viewed the presidency as an institution for making sure everyone was equally unhappy, a philosophy that Anat Shenker-Osorio calls "pizzaburger politics." 19/ 1121