Mia Wong

Yeah, and it's also like, it's inescapable in a way that it isn't with like, you know, if you're dealing with people who are, you know, you're at a larger company, you're not dealing with the person. Like, there's an old Chinese expression that's like, heaven is high and the emperor is far away. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, and it's also like, it's inescapable in a way that it isn't with like, you know, if you're dealing with people who are, you know, you're at a larger company, you're not dealing with the person. Like, there's an old Chinese expression that's like, heaven is high and the emperor is far away. Mm-hmm.

So, you know, it's like, you know, like a lot of times you're dealing with, okay, yeah, there is like, you know, your Zuckerberg is there, but he's like, he never interacts with you. But with this, it's like, no, the small business tyrant is right there in your face all the time. And all of the weird petty shit that they want to do and all of this sort of like,

So, you know, it's like, you know, like a lot of times you're dealing with, okay, yeah, there is like, you know, your Zuckerberg is there, but he's like, he never interacts with you. But with this, it's like, no, the small business tyrant is right there in your face all the time. And all of the weird petty shit that they want to do and all of this sort of like,

So, you know, it's like, you know, like a lot of times you're dealing with, okay, yeah, there is like, you know, your Zuckerberg is there, but he's like, he never interacts with you. But with this, it's like, no, the small business tyrant is right there in your face all the time. And all of the weird petty shit that they want to do and all of this sort of like,

you know, and I would say this isn't just like a unique thing of like small business owners, like people in all positions, like in all portions of like the class society have in them kind of like the capacity for cruelty. And there's just people like that, but they don't normally have the ability to just do it to you directly in your face. And that's, yeah.

you know, and I would say this isn't just like a unique thing of like small business owners, like people in all positions, like in all portions of like the class society have in them kind of like the capacity for cruelty. And there's just people like that, but they don't normally have the ability to just do it to you directly in your face. And that's, yeah.

you know, and I would say this isn't just like a unique thing of like small business owners, like people in all positions, like in all portions of like the class society have in them kind of like the capacity for cruelty. And there's just people like that, but they don't normally have the ability to just do it to you directly in your face. And that's, yeah.

And that's like, you know, this is what you've been talking about is like, yeah, you have like these small business tyrants, like every suddenly in the same way that it's like, I don't know, you're dealing with like,

And that's like, you know, this is what you've been talking about is like, yeah, you have like these small business tyrants, like every suddenly in the same way that it's like, I don't know, you're dealing with like,

And that's like, you know, this is what you've been talking about is like, yeah, you have like these small business tyrants, like every suddenly in the same way that it's like, I don't know, you're dealing with like,

like one of the random King Louis and you're like in the court and suddenly just like the fact that this guy doesn't like people going to the bathroom means that everyone around him doesn't get a shit, right?

like one of the random King Louis and you're like in the court and suddenly just like the fact that this guy doesn't like people going to the bathroom means that everyone around him doesn't get a shit, right?

like one of the random King Louis and you're like in the court and suddenly just like the fact that this guy doesn't like people going to the bathroom means that everyone around him doesn't get a shit, right?

Yeah. And yet, everyone seems to think that this is sort of like, you know, and this is an argument I've been making about, like, Trump, is that, like, yeah, this is what sort of Trump and Elon and, like, that whole cadre, and, you know, if you want to go into the sort of ideologues behind it, too, this is what people like Peter Thiel want.

Yeah. And yet, everyone seems to think that this is sort of like, you know, and this is an argument I've been making about, like, Trump, is that, like, yeah, this is what sort of Trump and Elon and, like, that whole cadre, and, you know, if you want to go into the sort of ideologues behind it, too, this is what people like Peter Thiel want.

Yeah. And yet, everyone seems to think that this is sort of like, you know, and this is an argument I've been making about, like, Trump, is that, like, yeah, this is what sort of Trump and Elon and, like, that whole cadre, and, you know, if you want to go into the sort of ideologues behind it, too, this is what people like Peter Thiel want.

When they say run the government like a business, what they mean is that they want to, like, to import the sort of, like, just the pure tyranny of the workplace and expand it into the entire political system so that their pure totalitarian corporate rule can't be challenged. Yeah, I mean, wasn't it Mussolini who coined the term the corporate state?

When they say run the government like a business, what they mean is that they want to, like, to import the sort of, like, just the pure tyranny of the workplace and expand it into the entire political system so that their pure totalitarian corporate rule can't be challenged. Yeah, I mean, wasn't it Mussolini who coined the term the corporate state?

When they say run the government like a business, what they mean is that they want to, like, to import the sort of, like, just the pure tyranny of the workplace and expand it into the entire political system so that their pure totalitarian corporate rule can't be challenged. Yeah, I mean, wasn't it Mussolini who coined the term the corporate state?