Doctorow's latest strikes a chord that resonates with this week's SCOTUS decision: we live in hope of finding the right dictators, because we cannot imagine a world without dictators.
"The idea that monopolies are benevolent dictators has pervaded our economic tale for decades. Even today, critics who deplore Facebook and Google do so on the basis that they do not wield their power wisely (say, to stamp out harassment or disinformation). When confronted with the possibility of breaking up these companies or replacing them with smaller platforms, those critics recoil, insisting that without Big Tech's scale, no one will ever have the power to accomplish their goals"
Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) The reason you can't buy a car is the same reason that your health insurer let hackers dox you (28 Jun 2024)
https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/28/dealer-management-software/
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