It should go without saying, but governments and companies are not the same things. Companies are synthetic people; there are a lot them in one place and they

It should go without saying, but governments and companies are not the same things. Companies are synthetic people; there are a lot them in one place and they can die. Governments are not synthetic people; there is only one per place and the idea is that it lasts forever. One can generally avoid working for a particular company if one wants. One cannot avoid the government.