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Cory Doctorow

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Jun 19

The Big Con

Making the pile of shit bigger won’t increase the number of ponies underneath it.

Cory Doctorow

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Jun 7, 2022

Fake Christian health insurance and other big cons

If you have to trick people into hearing your message, you are in a cult.

A theatrical stage with a red-curtained proscenium. On the stage is a set of theatrical flats painted to resemble a row of shops. The shops bear three neon signs: ‘Health Insurance,’ ‘University,’ ‘Abortion Clinic.’ Hanging from the ceiling on ropes of gold is a glittering cross. Image: Mary S. Farrell (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masonic_Theatre_and_Stage.jpg CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en