By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026This will only get worse when the AI bubble pops and vaporises a third of the US stock market, spreading contagion to global capital markets. That will be Carney's cue to roll out his favourite go-to tactic: austerity. 31/ 16511
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026We can*not* afford this. Austerity is how we lose the country. Austerity - more than any other force - drives working people into the arms of fascists: pluralistic.net/2026/04/12/a... 32/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Austerity creates fascism (13 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 49319
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026The thing is, Mark Carney has shown his political opponents how to beat him: just *embrace Carneyism*. The things Carney *says* are incredibly popular. Now we just need to elect someone who'll *do* them. eof/ 310621
Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Austerity, or how to starve your way out of a famine. 03610
boingball.bsky.social @boingball.bsky.social · 07/06/2026just like in "Jolly Old" - given the way Starmer has **not** learned any lessons from the last several Tory PMs, he'd better start having public showings of V for Vendetta **every day** until the next elections to make sure Farage stays out of office. Somewhere, John Hurt is shaking his head sadly. 000
Peter Louwe @peterlouwe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Austerity is code for moving money from us to the wealthy. 08313
