By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026The causal relationship between pro-monopoly policies and the harms of monopoly is even more complex and attenuated than the causal relationship between anti-vax and kids dying from measles in Texas. Monopolies are especially hard on policymaking. 1464
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026Large, concentrated industries find it easier to arrive at a common lobbying position. They are aslosh in cash, thanks to their ability to cooperate (rather than eroding one another's margins through "wasteful competition") (h/t P. Thiel): mastersofscale.com/peter-thiel-...mastersofscale.comMasters of Scale: Escape the competition, with Peter ThielFounders, CEOs, and innovators from every industry join candid conversations about the hard-won wisdom gained along the road to scale. Featuring co-hosts Reid Hoffman (co-founder of LinkedIn, partner ... 1392
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026To live in an age of monopolies is to live in an age of regulatory capture, in which your government routinely fails you in terrible ways to benefit elites and insiders. 18724
