Cory DoctorowNov 16, 2022

It's not just you. US healthcare, already a bureaucratic nightmare of buck-passing and price-gouging, has gotten *far* worse. Private equity firms have created regional health-care monopolies that don't just rip patients off - they're *killing* us.

Private equity is a scam. Fund managers raise gigantic sums by claiming to be able to "beat the market." In reality, they do worse for their investors than a boring old index fund:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/02/25/pluralistic-your-daily-link-dose-25-feb-2020/#extraordinaryclaims

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Pluralistic, your daily link-dose: 25 Feb 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadTio
@pluralistic Cory I wish you moved from Mastodon to Friendica and make long nice posts rather than so many little ones 😀 - you are always welcomed to our instance at social.trom.tf . For me it is so difficult to read the so many posts. I know I can go on your website, and I do, but just saying, could be far better for all on the fediverse. Inline media, stylize text, long posts, add to categories, etc..
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Show threadCory DoctorowNov 17, 2022
@tio please see my bio for ways to read my daily essays off mastodon if you don't like my posting style here
Show threadTioNov 17, 2022
@pluralistic Yes thanks Cory, I know.

But I was suggesting an alternative that could be a lot better for the fediverse overall.
Show threadCory DoctorowNov 17, 2022
@tio I use this instance because it is run by a well regarded digital human rights group with a history of resisting surveillance and censorship demands. That is far more important than character limits to me.
Show threadTioNov 17, 2022
@pluralistic I understand. Fair enough. I would say our project and our instance is "resisting surveillance and censorship demands" as well, quite to the extreme perhaps because I want for people to have a voice and I would not easily accept the removal of accounts if asked by 3rd parties.