"if someone threatens to burn your house down unless you follow their orders, and then they burn your house down anyway, you don’t have to keep following their orders.

"if someone threatens to burn your house down unless you follow their orders, and then they burn your house down anyway, you don’t have to keep following their orders. So…Happy Liberation Day?"

— The Post-American Internet, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/