Henrik Sundström<p>"The last thing Obama wanted was a clamorous electorate jostling his elbow while he made the grand bargains that defined his presidency: secret drone killings, immunity for telcos that profited from in illegal NSA spying, impunity for CIA torturers, bailing out bankers, complicity in the foreclosure epidemic, and, of course, unlimited free money for health insurance companies through the ACA."<br>— Cory Doctorow (<a href="https://mastodon.nu/@pluralistic@mamot.fr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.nu/@pluralistic@mamot</span><span class="invisible">.fr</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/CoryDoctorrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoryDoctorrow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/pluralistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pluralistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/aoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aoc</span></a> <br><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/26/not-me-us/#the-people-no" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/03/26/not</span><span class="invisible">-me-us/#the-people-no</span></a></p>