By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026There's no amount of lunch-money that will get that kid fed; but if you keep increasing how much money the kid gets, the bullies will end up so rich that they can afford to run a global campaign demanding that we all think of those poor hungry kids and send them even *more* lunch money. 24/ 2296
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026Copyright's failure to deliver for creative workers doesn't mean that we're doomed to poverty. Our works are generating *record* profits for our bosses, and there are *plenty* of ways to change the "distributional outcomes" (the phrase economists use for "who gets what") in arts/labor policy. 25/pluralistic.netWhat is Chokepoint Capitalism? – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 2244
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026In 2022, I co-wrote *Chokepoint Capitalism* along with the eminent Australian copyright scholar Rebecca Giblin. The whole book is full of these pro-worker arts policies: pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/w... 26/pluralistic.netWhat is Chokepoint Capitalism? – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1181