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7 years, 5 months ago

a "security surcharge" on all premiums

BlueCross BlueShield of Minneapolis broke ground on a new building in an industrial park at the end of its own gated cul-de-sac, with high guard towers, automated license plate recognition systems in a one-mile radius, panic rooms on every floor, and a large staff of 24/7 armed guards. Their shareh…

—p.233 Radicalized Radicalized (181) by Cory Doctorow
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7 years, 5 months ago

a "security surcharge" on all premiums

BlueCross BlueShield of Minneapolis broke ground on a new building in an industrial park at the end of its own gated cul-de-sac, with high guard towers, automated license plate recognition systems in a one-mile radius, panic rooms on every floor, and a large staff of 24/7 armed guards. Their shareh…

—p.233 Radicalized (181) by Cory Doctorow
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7 years, 5 months ago

a world where the wicked held their head high

[...] Letting people die because saving their lives would erode profits was a wicked act, and people who endorsed that act were wicked people. Blowing them up or shooting them wasn't right, but a world in which the wicked went about their days frightened of retribution was a more just one than a wo…

—p.232 Radicalized (181) by Cory Doctorow
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7 years, 5 months ago

my insurance won't pay for me to go to a shrink

[...] "My insurance won't pay for me to go to a shrink to talk about how screwed up my insurance is."

—p.230 Radicalized (181) by Cory Doctorow
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7 years, 5 months ago

Work was never the same

Work was never the same for Joe after Lacey got sick. He never rescheduled that meeting with the VP. He just couldn't muster the fucks needed to give it his all for on-demand wholesale distribution. People he'd started with left to work for experimental divisions doing partnerships with self-drivin…

—p.201 Radicalized (181) by Cory Doctorow