By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026The point being that people *need* health care, people *need* public services.There will always be some waste at the margins (whether due to incompetence or dishonesty). 15/ 1363
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026Responding to this by beefing up the system's defenses with more advanced red tape just requires the people who legitimately need these services to employ more aggressive tactics. 16/ 1351
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026In support of this, Farrell points to a great, long essay by Dan "Accountability Sink" Davies for the Niskanen Center, "'The Problem Factory' - Preemptive risk aversion in infrastructure planning and the role of professional services": www.niskanencenter.org/the-problem-... 17/niskanencenter.org“The Problem Factory”- Preemptive risk aversion in infrastructure planning and the role of professional services - Niskanen CenterIn a small site of special scientific interest about 20 miles northwest of Oxford, a “shed” is being built. 1270
