> They are proudly proposing that we outsource government functions to them, promoting the proprietary tech they will use to that end. Thales is one those supp

> They are proudly proposing that we outsource government functions to them, promoting the proprietary tech they will use to that end. Thales is one those supposedly private companies that is actually owned by the french state and french state apparatchiks. The biggest shareholder is the french state itself (26%), then other companies which, surprise, are also partially french state owned. It's all Dassault, Airbus, EADS etc.: they're all basically partially french state owned and own shares of each other. It's the military-industrial complex, french style. I mean: it's basically the government proposing we outsource government functions to the government. All that while pretending that Thales is a private company.