132 karma · joined January 7, 2019
Their relationship with you is extraction at the foundation.
Once the extraction costs exceed the marginal cost of switching extraction locations, the switch is inevitable.
It's cute of him to say that when his work output is going almost entirely directly back to him (through his prestige gains, increased wealth, etc) and his work output is being leveraged by orders of magnitude by the employees, and contractors, and service providers, under him whom he's trying to maximize extraction from.
His work is his life, and his work/life is being leveraged by others.
If I weren't so numb, I might actually be cynical about it.
If a person cannot tweet they can still blog, newsletter, email, and even whisper their truth via their free speech to the next person all they like.
You can only get a little power and wealth by pushing against higher power and wealth to get a little more.
Over time you get a lot of power and wealth, so naturally you'll eventually push against the ultimate power.
Unfortunately, in the case of the people's republic, if you push against the ultimate power you pay the ultimate price.
I accept climate change is an existential threat to our civilization and species, and all directions are on the table to mitigate the threat.