Statists have no more use for small businesses than they do for the middle class. Survival in the current climate requires creativity. One strategy is to adopt protective camouflage, so as to pass for someone who enjoys liberal favor. For example, Chrome Artistic Barber in St. Catharines, Ontario has proclaimed itself to be a film studio:

Owner Alicia Hirter set up cameras, lights and microphones in her shop and said people who come in for haircuts are now auditioning for a part in a future TV show or podcast.

Under Ontario’s provincial lockdown laws, which came into effect on Dec. 26, film and television productions are allowed to continue operating.

Chrome no longer offers haircut appointments. It offers auditions, which will be recorded and possibly used later in “a podcast and/or documentary format.” Clients who come in for an audition receive a “complete haircut, neck shave, blow-dry and style all while candidly discussing life, its ups and downs and all in between.”

As an added benefit, customers don’t have to wear masks, because Big Government says performers are exempt.

The solution is hilarious — not so Hirter’s situation:

“I’m a single mom, I’m not about to move into low income property with my son,” she said. “As a business owner and a mother, I had to make my own call … I’m not a criminal.”

Adding insult to injury is that businesses big enough to have a Seat at the Table are booming:

“You’re telling me Walmart can sell bananas that 17 people have touched but I’m not allowed to operate? It’s morally wrong.”

Coercion usually is.

Speaking of coercion, Niagara Region Public Health has opened an investigation. At last word she was still open, but Hirter has been told she will soon face charges.

Hat tip: Conservative Playlist.

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