By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026And here's the kicker: turning America's trillions into Canada's billions, moving fast and breaking America's tech-kings, fixing the defects in America's extractive tech exports? It's all *good for Americans*. 66/ 18210
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026Sure, cratering the share-price of America's Big Tech companies will be bad for America's retirement savers, but the median American worker *only has $955 saved for retirement*: finance.yahoo.com/news/955-sav... 67/finance.yahoo.com$955 saved for retirement? Millions are in that boat.The typical American worker has less than $1,000 saved for retirement, according to a new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS). 28119
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026Most Americans are *far* more exposed to the predatory conduct of US tech companies than they are to the share price of those companies. That's because Americans are the beta-testers for every ripoff and surveillance tool that Silicon Valley produces. 68/ 28412
Mister K @cal2neb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Oh no, will the tidal wave sink all boats? Most of us don't have boats! 010
