By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/05/2026This means that continuing to work within the American system means a steady transfer of economic and political control of *every* aspect of your life to the US, a decaying empire ruled over by a mad king. 28/ 1436
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/05/2026Nevertheless, there is a strong, vestigial reflex to protect American tech in the EU. 29/ 1220
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/05/2026This leaves European power-brokers scrambling to come up with reasons that the EU should confine its tech regulation to empty symbolic gestures, while avoiding meaningful action at all costs: cerre.eu/wp-content/u... 30/cerre.eu 1231