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Or you could view it as the government is just the biggest corporation.
by mostertoaster 5y ago
Or you could view it as the government is just the biggest corporation.
- lamontcg 5y agoOne that in theory at least you get to vote for representation on the board. Doesn't work very well though when a lot of people vote to kneecap it and let all the corporations you don't have any say over run the show.
- amelius 5y agoThat's not really a fair comparison. Most western governments have an Ombudsman where citizens can complain if they are treated unfairly. A government acting against its citizens the way Amazon does against its users would be unlikely and unlawful, whereas Amazon can get away with it because they are not breaking any laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman
- mostertoaster 5y agoI don’t know last time I complained about the dmv to the government, it felt about as useless as complaining to HR. Probably less so. You probably have more agency to change a corporation, if it isn’t a mega corporation. Mega corporations, good luck, unless you have lots of money or influence. Ok government is definitely just a mega corp. the other lesser mega corps have some influence, but not us peons. In the US, maybe we citizens would have a slight chance at having influence if we eliminated the 17th amendment.