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That's a long way to stretch an analogy to make a political point. Were there armies? Soldiers equipped to kill? Or was this a legal dispute of the sort that c
by wyattpeak 8y ago
That's a long way to stretch an analogy to make a political point. Were there armies? Soldiers equipped to kill?
Or was this a legal dispute of the sort that companies have been engaging in since the invention of companies, and individuals have been engaging in since the invention of the court?
- fhood 8y agoArmies of lawyers I guess. Don't need soldiers if someone else is doing the enforcing.
- simonask 8y agoI mean you are right that in absence of a judicial system and the monopoly on violence exercised by nation states and supranational treaties, a conflict such as this could have been violent. Thankfully that world is far away.
- TimTheTinker 8y agoDidn’t sound like a political point to me, just a reflective/thoughtful comparison.
- erk__ 8y agoI am pretty sure Samsung could mobilize a smaller army, with all the millitary gear they make.