Steven Glinert

Go ahead.

You should probably talk about where this came from and, like, why we're both— like, what the hell you've raised online the last couple days, too, right?

You're also like a genuinely nice person.

Like you're not that argumentative in person.

No, but the coherent thing... There is a coherent point here, which is like...

You can seize control of the internet for most people.

China does that, right?

Like there are plenty of people who VPN out of China, but like China has seized control of the internet from 99% of people there.

They, the U S you know, we have GDPR.

I know that's like kind of a silly thing to bring up.

Like GDPR is like the EU asserting control.

Like you can assert control over the internet in your country

There are many things in Singapore that I've searched like Robitussin before and like you can get blocked for it in Singapore.

So I think the analogy I think of whenever I think about this, it's probably a rough one, but I know you know about this.

Like, what's the... It's between Henry the something and the Pope, like the walk to Canossa, right?

Like, the Pope had no terrestrial power, but he could impose his will on emperors.

He could impose his will on the Holy Roman Emperor.

He could impose his will on kings.

He had power, it's just he had no armies, right?

And then you...