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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/113812007673970460">JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized (jwcph@helvede.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 08:26:15 JST</a><a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph" title="jwcph@helvede.net"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/260466-48-20240515232237.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>"Rather than having a democratically accountable state that sets wages and prices based on need and ability, price discrimination gives this authority to large firms with pricing power, no regulatory constraints, and unlimited access to surveillance data. You couldn't ask for a neater example of the maxim that "What matters isn't what technology does. What matters is who it does it for; and who it does it to."..." - <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic">@pluralistic</a>  </p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113811268292299764" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113811268292299764</a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/tech" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/business" rel="tag">#business</a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/surveillance" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/privacy" rel="tag">#privacy</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4357292#notice-8521035">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-12T08:26:15+09:00" title="Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 08:26:15 JST">about 19 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph/113812007673970460" rel="external" title="Sent from helvede.net via ActivityPub">helvede.net</a></span></span><a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph/113812007673970460">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: static.mamot.fr</div><h5><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113811268292299764">Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)</a></h5><div> from <span>Cory Doctorow</span></div></header><div>Attached: 1 imageThe social function of the economics profession is to explain, over and over again, that your boss is actually right and that you don't really want the things you want, and you're secretly happy to be abused by the system. --If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/11/socialism-for-the-wealthy/#rugged-individualism-for-the-poor1/</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized (jwcph@helvede.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 08:26:15 JSTJW Prince of CPH, Radicalized
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"Rather than having a democratically accountable state that sets wages and prices based on need and ability, price discrimination gives this authority to large firms with pricing power, no regulatory constraints, and unlimited access to surveillance data. You couldn't ask for a neater example of the maxim that "What matters isn't what technology does. What matters is who it does it for; and who it does it to."..." - @pluralistic
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