by definition if you have the kind of leverage to say shit like "good luck when we leave" that is................power
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Tech can't use force. Governments can.
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yeah no shit however it's stupid to just say "one has official force mandate one doesn't therefore one is more powerful" as if both of these things didn't operate in a complex deeply interrelated shitshow of money & power & influence
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they have been threatening to leave for years! balaji used to talk about moving everything to SE Asia. no exec actually wants to leave the valley
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Also failing to compute "good luck when we leave" as if tech were a single, coordinated entity?
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Tech companies come and go, government is forever
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Tech companies are located where tech workers want to live. Good luck moving.
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But if all 9% are in the top 25% that’s pretty significant so I could still see his claim being true including corporate tax
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1% / 54% thing isn’t even true
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Even if you include state income tax on salaries paid by these companies?
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