By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026It's not merely a way of slashing the federal budget, but also a way of purifying the transfer of the leader's will to the people without any intervening loss of fidelity resulting from the need to have your policies interpreted (and willfuly *misinterpreted*) by bureaucrats. 31/ 181
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026This is a very important framing, and it explains why fascists like Trump and dead-eyed technocrats like Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are hell-bent on gutting their countries' civil service and replacing it with chatbots: policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/04/carn... 32/policyoptions.irpp.orgCarney’s AI push risks harm as Ottawa automates public servicesFrom immigration errors to social-assistance breakdowns, early use of automated systems shows how public services can fail without human judgment. 2116
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026This is how Muskism and DOGE connect to Trumpism and AI: Musk doesn't believe other people are real. He calls them "NPCs" (non-player characters). He wants to put a microchip in your head so he can "replace your bad programming": pluralistic.net/2026/04/21/t... 33/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s “Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed” (21 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1101