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Pluralistic: The Big Con (19 Jun 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/19/too-big-to-fact-check/

Pluralistic: The Big Con (19 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

quackademic Aug 14, 2025

It was always about hierarchy. On neoliberalism & the junk science that grounded & continues to proliferate from it.

#Ideology #WhiteSupremacy #patriarchy #fundamentalism #EnrichTheRich #ScrewThePoor #NeoLiberalism #BigCon

https://theconversation.com/how-the-neoliberalism-of-hayeks-bastards-changed-the-world-and-fuelled-the-rise-of-the-populist-right-261570

How the neoliberalism of ‘Hayek’s Bastards’ changed the world – and fuelled the rise of the populist right

When the Cold War came to an end, neoliberals appealed to nature in order to justify inequality.

The Conversation

The Practical Progressive Feb 6, 2025

Change "could" to "will," and then you have the truth of it.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/buyout-trump-offer-workforce-resignation-musk-doge-opm-education-rcna190881

#bigcon #bigsteal #fakedeal #resist #dontblink

Trump buyout deals could be canceled, Education Dept. staff told

Officials at the Department of Education told staff that if they accept the Trump administration’s resignation package, the education secretary may cancel it.

NBC News

Chris Marsden Jan 18, 2025

#bigcon 'Starmer declared that AI could “radically improve our public services”. PwC then awarded £4.1m implementing part of its AI strategy. In November, Capgemini was awarded a £1.9m contract to be DSIT AI strategic business partner; Deloitte is consulting on AI for NHS and Defence, among others'

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ICalzada Jan 3, 2025

#Spoiler #Policymakers sometimes still think in the #BigCon buying knowledge model of #consultants, evading them to be active part of a fruitful #innovation discovery process through #ActionResearch

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