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Red Mars doesn't go quite as far, but does look at a world in which multinational corporations are competitive with countries in terms of global power.
by awillen 4y ago
Red Mars doesn't go quite as far, but does look at a world in which multinational corporations are competitive with countries in terms of global power.
- vkou 4y agoIn many[1] of those countries, private security workers do not have the power of pit, gallows, judicial, or extrajudicial execution. The police, on the other hand, do [2]. [1] Yes, there are parts of the world where the local mining firm's private security will happily intimidate, beat, and murder problem people. It's generally the exception, rather than the rule. Your local mall cop can't do that to you, and is generally held to a far higher standard of conduct and legal accountability than the police. [2] Yes, if you squint a bunch, stuff like forced arbitration encroaches on the space occupied by the legal system, but it is ultimately subservient to it.