The government is the only entity that can use violence legally, but it's also the only entity that cares about whether something is legal. Any idiot with a bas

The government is the only entity that can use violence legally, but it's also the only entity that cares about whether something is legal. Any idiot with a baseball bat can break your kneecaps for doing something they don't want. If you have a strong government, the threat that they will use force deters the vast majority of would-be kneecap breakers, and gives you some recourse against the few that remain. The idea that corporations are escapable is merely a product of living your whole life in a society where governments are strong and reliable. If google started sending out henchmen to break peoples kneecaps, it wouldn't take long for them to be shut down and any of their leadership involved to be arrested, and the idea that kneecapping me is worth that risk to Google is laughable. But realistically google knows no borders, they have direct access to an ungodly amount of information, and the cost of hiring an armed thug would be infinitesimally small compared to their operating budget - if hurting me ever does become a priority for them where could I possibly escape to? You go to some third world countries with sufficiently weak governments, you'll see plenty of corporations who have no difficulty taking people's rights away.