By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026The collapse of privacy and labor rights in post-Reagan America and the expansion of copyright over the same period are part of the same phenomenon, aspects of two generations' worth of policies designed to benefit capital at the expense of workers, and corporations at the expense of consumers. 65/ 1238
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026As consumers, we're told to substitute shopping for legal rights: if a corporation wrongs you, it's easier and quicker to "vote with your wallet" than it is to sue them or ask the government to intervene. Substituting shopping for politics has been a total failure. 66/ 1268
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026Shopping your way out of a monopoly is like recycling your way out of a wildfire: pluralistic.net/2026/05/21/p... 67/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Shopping isn’t politics (21 May 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1232