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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026

Sure, 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/

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$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).

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026

Most 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/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026

Long before those tools get to Canada or find their way around the world, they are making Americans poorer and worse off. 69/

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Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This point I disagree with. The tech companies just mine me for my data, they don't cost too much. But I would really like to retire someday and have been saving more than 10% all my adult life. But hey if Canada can bring down the tech fascists, PLEASE do it, and do it fast.

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