Governments should view corporations as a threat actor and contrary to their interests. If they don't, we will end up in a corporatocracy.
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
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I mean yeah. We all read Cyberpunk and Shadowrun. Right? Right?
And some use it as a manual, not a warning.
Do not build the Torment Nexus ;)
It's already completely broken.
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Politicians haven't been in control for hundreds of fucking years and it's not "tech giants" it's fucking capitalists
Large companies should be treated like borderless states. When they wield the resources and manpower of a small country, their coercive and subversive abilities should not be ignored.
I'd rather treat them like a threat and automatically cap the size of a company at a percentage of a nation's GDP (not a big one either), break up any that exceed it and change the penalties for financial crimes to also be percentage of gross revenue for the company and its executives.
Treating them like states invites them to declare sovereignty, which they do not deserve.
Also remove limited liability for holders of voting shares. Make all of them fully liable for everything the corporation does.
Solid.
so, not antifa, after all? maybe they need a rethink on who really deserves the terrorist branding.
capitalists gonna capitalism. nothing new here.
The same government demanding to see your ID before it lets you browse Reddit is less powerful than Reddit?
The same government demanding Apple makes all data on everyone in the world available for snooping?
Boo fucking hoo.
If money is power, then capitalism is a form of government.
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