• @werefreeatlast
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    123 hours ago

    Oh this is even worse! Imagine if we transitioned to Nation Company states!? The United States of Apple…hey. We don’t gotta change anything…USA! USA!

    • @kautau
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      82 hours ago

      There’s a reason why all the cyberpunk stories are about corporatacracies and/or spacefaring feudalist states running human society in the future. Life imitates art.

    • @MrNesser
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      13 hours ago

      Probably on the cards at some point when a company exceeds the gdp of a country.

      It’s essentially an asset purchase

      • @Plagiatus
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        12 hours ago

        Yes, but most if not all countries in the world run on deficits. Not a good investment.

    • @Agent641
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      13 hours ago

      I don’t see the problem, it will be just like the days of company towns, except way bigger, they will control the banks, hospitals, prisons and military, and you cannot leave unless they let you!

      • @krashmo
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        13 hours ago

        You laugh, but we’re getting closer and closer to this every day

        • The Snark Urge
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          13 hours ago

          It is de facto already the case, thanks to bad campaign finance laws.