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Also closer to absorbing the state. I'm not a tin foil hat person, but corporations growing larger than nation states just doesn't seem remotely far fetched. W

Also closer to absorbing the state. I'm not a tin foil hat person, but corporations growing larger than nation states just doesn't seem remotely far fetched. Which corporation will be first to sit at the UN table?

nonethewiser 3y ago
But who is creating the regulation? The answer to that is funny. It is literally the state, which is to my point, but it is also shaped by the banks, which is to your point.
- RestlessMind 3y ago
  > But who is creating the regulation? You know who writes our laws? Lobbyists. Politicians are not the ones drafting the bill. They merely take the drafts produced by lobbyists and then pass them. Do you also know who runs various government agencies tasked with regulating different sectors? Again, it is a revolving door for private sector execs. > It is literally the state True, but the state is, to a large extent, influenced by corporations.
- metajon 3y ago
  Or there is a new term that subsumes them both: the "regime." And with this small substitution, and a slight modification to the source material we see that the "absorption" may already be complete.
- digging 3y ago
  When corporations write the laws that regulate them, and they buy the politicians who will enact those laws, the line around what defines "the state" is a bit fuzzy. (And that's not speculative, it happens all the time.)
- jjk166 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
nilptr 3y ago
A corporation and a monarchy aren't all that different. I dunno why people think the idea of a corporation being the state is so wild.
wheelerof4te 3y ago
Ever heard the term "CorpoNation"? I did, in a old RTS game called Metal Fatigue. Was pretty fun for a while.
kneebonian 3y ago
Obviously either ComStar or the Spacing Guild. But don't worry that doesn't happen until after we have a butlerian jihad.

nonethewiser 3y ago

But who is creating the regulation? The answer to that is funny. It is literally the state, which is to my point, but it is also shaped by the banks, which is to your point.

RestlessMind 3y ago
> But who is creating the regulation? You know who writes our laws? Lobbyists. Politicians are not the ones drafting the bill. They merely take the drafts produced by lobbyists and then pass them. Do you also know who runs various government agencies tasked with regulating different sectors? Again, it is a revolving door for private sector execs. > It is literally the state True, but the state is, to a large extent, influenced by corporations.
metajon 3y ago
Or there is a new term that subsumes them both: the "regime." And with this small substitution, and a slight modification to the source material we see that the "absorption" may already be complete.
digging 3y ago
When corporations write the laws that regulate them, and they buy the politicians who will enact those laws, the line around what defines "the state" is a bit fuzzy. (And that's not speculative, it happens all the time.)
jjk166 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

nilptr 3y ago

A corporation and a monarchy aren't all that different. I dunno why people think the idea of a corporation being the state is so wild.

wheelerof4te 3y ago

Ever heard the term "CorpoNation"? I did, in a old RTS game called Metal Fatigue. Was pretty fun for a while.

kneebonian 3y ago

Obviously either ComStar or the Spacing Guild. But don't worry that doesn't happen until after we have a butlerian jihad.