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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026

The "wait, is everyone else *also* failing?" awakening is one many of America's CEOs are sharing at this moment, as they wonder whether they're the only ones who've fired as many workers as possible and replaced them with AI, only to see their firm's fortunes fall: www.msn.com/en-us/money/... 24/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026

Like an Amway victim, these boardroom rubes simply can't *believe* that *all these people* could be in on the con. How could the world spend *trillions* on AI if it's not on a path to profitability? 25/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026

It's not that these guys spent 2008 in a cave - rather, they just lack the object permanence to remember the last time a "Federal Wallet Inspector" approached them at a board meeting and took them for everything: pluralistic.net/2025/12/13/u... 26/

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