a reminder that at the state level the core of the republican political class is assorted small business tyrants
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Phil Lewis
Florida’s Senate approved a bill that would ban cities and counties from adopting requirements for mandatory water breaks and other workplace protections against extreme heat
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We can't use the full '70s phrase now so I'll ask like this: "Who's 'we'?"
maybe major newspapers could point this out in headlines more often
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/family-capitalism-and-the-small-business-insurrection
-Inspired creator who struck out on their own after years as a mid-level employee
-The most unemployable arrogant morons who literally cannot work anywhere they are not in charge
so this is just making what was already ridiculously bad even worse 😵💫 goddammit
Step 2: deny access to remedies to impact of climate change
He owned a bar.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/trump-american-gentry-wyman-elites/620151/