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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/05/2026

They are the fine-tuning knobs of the system that adjust its margins. Once you have the rule of law ("the rules of the system"), you can drive change by amending, repealing or passing a law: donellameadows.org/archives/lev... 10/

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Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/05/2026

But when you're confronted with a system that is significantly, persistently dysfunctional, you will likely have to work at sites that are further up the hierarchy, such as "the distribution of power over the rules of the system" or "the goals of the system." 11/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/05/2026

Or you may have to work at the most profound of all, "the paradigm out of which the system — its goals, power structure, rules, its culture — arises." Thinking about paradigms is a form of "meta-cognition," which is to say, "thinking about how you think." 12/

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