I’m announcing I have put $1 towards getting a new set of tires for my car

In this particular context regulatory capture and political donations is the unseen bullshit of the claim. Corporations DO make the rules

Hmmm, wondering if Eternalism is even a necessary component here.

If we take spacetime as a 4 dimensional continuum, then I would just reword this as: “when” is just a specific version of “where” that refers to the time dimension.