So disheartening. And so clearly true. Musk, Bezos, Zuck… the oligarchs have already won… now, it’s just about time. - Andy Spears - Medium

…sted in preventing the end of the world, or even in surviving it through solidarity and mutual aid. They were committed to the Thatcher Doctrine that “there is no such thing as society” — and they were willing to destroy society to prove that it was true.

Survival of the Richest

Cory Doctorow

Sep 16, 2022

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So disheartening. And so clearly true. Musk, Bezos, Zuck… the oligarchs have already won… now, it’s just about time.

Andy Spears

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Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .

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