And here’s the thing: if/when there is another administration, you don’t let these fuckers weasel their way back in with the money. They should never have been let in to begin with. The number of fucking “human rights” and “ethical this or that” conferences I refused to speak at because they were sponsored by these assholes comes to mind. I guess being surveillance capitalists and farming people wasn’t bad enough for some folks.
Wrote this a decade ago (nothing’s fucking changed): https://ar.al/notes/rightscon-or-a-right-con/
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