By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026And of course, politicians have their own detested class of workers whom they fantasize about replacing with chatbots: bureaucracies. 21/ 171
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026When Trump et al bemoan the "deep state," they are engaged in the politicians' version of the corporate boss's solipsism: 22/ 182
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026"I make policies, but to enact them, I have to convince civil servants to turn my agenda into action. This *sucks.* Can't we just have an all-powerful executive who decides on things and then those things just *happen*?" 23/ 180
