I have mixed feelings about these cold war relics. On the one hand, they're artifacts of what was perhaps humanity's most dangerous folly to date, locking the world in a deadly game where the stakes only went up with each round. This doesn't seem like something to commemorate or celebrate.
On the other hand, these objects, many now destroyed or decayed, serve as visible evidence of just how close to oblivion we are willing to go. And looked at from the right angle, they have stories to tell.
"America isn't just a nation of cruel bigots; it's also a nation of rich swindlers. ... America is not great. It has been gutted by the Epstein class, who robbed us blind, raped our kids, and are now selling us shitcoins and chatbots and the spectacle of protesters being shot in the streets. But it's not enough to know that the system is rigged. Everybody knows the system is rigged. To build a movement and save our future, we have to know how it is rigged and who rigged it."
- Cory Doctorow @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart
Who's got the matches? Where'd I put that jug of gasoline? Ah, here it is. Okay, let's go!
"America isn't just a nation of cruel bigots; it's also a nation of rich swindlers. ... America is not great. It has been gutted by the Epstein class, who robbed us blind, raped our kids, and are now selling us shitcoins and chatbots and the spectacle of protesters being shot in the streets. But it's not enough to know that the system is rigged. Everybody knows the system is rigged. To build a movement and save our future, we have to know how it is rigged and who rigged it."
- Cory Doctorow @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart
Who's got the matches? Where'd I put that jug of gasoline? Ah, here it is. Okay, let's go!
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