"If you can get Nike to mandate something for all their employees, or get Starbucks to mandate something and say, 'Hey, everybody who wants to come in our store has to wear a mask,' or something, the government can step out and go, 'Hey, they're private, they can do whatever the fuck they want.'
"But that's not really true because what if Starbucks said, 'Hey, we don't like black people anymore, black people can't come in,' the government would say, 'Hey, motherfucker, you can't do that!'
"So the government steps in when they want to step in, but when they don't want to step in they go, 'They're private, they can do whatever they want.' So you can see how that is going for people.
Can't say I'm a Steel Panther fan (or have any idea who they are), but the guitarist here has struck at the heart of the matter. Public-private partnerships, where the private companies enact de facto illegal laws on behalf of the government.
The one thing I want to point out is how the comments in Ultimate Guitar is seething. They know what this guitarist points out is true but can't admit it.
Can't say I'm a Steel Panther fan (or have any idea who they are), but the guitarist here has struck at the heart of the matter. Public-private partnerships, where the private companies enact de facto illegal laws on behalf of the government.
Yes. Actual fascism in action.
The one thing I want to point out is how the comments in Ultimate Guitar is seething. They know what this guitarist points out is true but can't admit it.