By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026You're doing the thing that our banks have conditioned us to do for years by engaging in *exactly this behavior* (my bank did this to me *this week*!). Why are banks allowed to get away with engaging in this kind of outrageous conduct? 26/ 1590
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026Because - as we've repeatedly discovered through crisis after crisis - banks are too big to fail, too big to jail, and too big to care. 27/ 1591
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026Why is it so believable that a loved one might call you in a panic because they've been arrested or injured and need an immediate cash payment before they can get bail or doctor's treatment? 28/ 1501
