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> Twitter/Facebook/Google et all are not Sovereign States. In the cyberpunk future, megacorps are sovereign. If the next wave of demonstrations was aimed at th
by sampo 6y ago
> Twitter/Facebook/Google et all are not Sovereign States.
In the cyberpunk future, megacorps are sovereign. If the next wave of demonstrations was aimed at the HQs of these corporations instead of US govt buildings, the corporations might feel a need to start building their own security forces, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacorporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacorporation
"Megacorps are so powerful that they can ignore the law, possess their own heavily armed (often military-sized) private armies, be the operator of a privatized police force, hold "sovereign" territory, and even act as outright governments."