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Cory Doctorow plurasitic

March 5, 2025 by sergneri Leave a Comment

When I get picky and need something unusual to read, I often go to Cory Doctorow’s blog, plurasitic.net. As an example, tonight I was reading about his March 3rd 2025 entry “Trumpism is our oil crisis” in which he vilifies Milton Friedman (rightly so) and delivers a new twist to my understanding of Friedman’s history. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arts, Content, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, the Anthropocene, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: Augusto Pinochet, Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Friedman, New Deal, Norman Jewison, oligarchy, organized labor, Rollerball, Ronald Reagan, social justice movements, technofeudalism, the Gilded Age, Tony Blair

How Murdoch’s Empire Influences the World

April 14, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the April 4, 2019 New York Times: Part 1: Imperial Reach Part 2: Internal Divisions Part 3: The New Fox Weapon

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: 20th Century Fox, Boston Herald, Donald Trump, Fairness Doctrine, Fox News, James Murdock, John Major, Lachlan Murdock, Margaret Thatcher, New York Post, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdock, Sky Television, The Sun, Theresa May

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