By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026What's more, "shopping" has the same relationship to "boycotts" that "voting" has to "politics." It's a *step* you take, *after* you've laid a lot of groundwork with other people, as part of a mass movement. 1576
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026I understand why shopping and voting are more attractive than boycotts and politics. Meetings suck. Hell is other people: locusmag.com/feature/comm...locusmag.com 1643
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026But changing the system requires systemic work. Hell is other people because other people are *great* but it's *so hard* to get them to do things your way. That takes time and understanding and togetherness and arguing and forgiving. 1728
