By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/05/2026 If the person who crashed the cargo ship into the bridge has brown skin, we can add another line to the ledger of costs associated with the doomed project to put people who were born to be bossed around in the boss's seat. 23/ 1110
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/05/2026(Of course, if the pilot turns out to be a white guy, that proves nothing, except that mistakes sometimes happen.) The revival of fascism in this century has been scarily effective, and at times it can feel unstoppable. 24/ 2170
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/05/2026Meadows' work on systems thinking provides an explanation for that efficacy - and suggests a theory of change for dispatching fascism back to the graveyard of history. 25/ 1100
Vania @dawookie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026In the face of complicated problems, where leadership FAILS to tell a simple, empowering story, fascists tell a simple, stupid story that generates psychological safety while increasing the actual danger to people. If cause and effect is distant, they don't SEE the lies. But human brains... 100
