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What is most bizarre about this is that the US Government is going after a German national who is currently living in New Zealand on behalf of a private company

• batista 15y ago
  A government protects two things: itself (the bureaucrats and politicians) and their backers, bribers and friends (the private mega corporations). In order to protect itself, though, it has to balance the demands of the second, with what its' voters, the general public, wants. That's why: a) government is problematic b) but it's still better than no/much-less government = big corporations rule directly with their clout
  • carsongross 15y ago
    Another alternative: lots of small, independent governments. For some reason, the big government schools and the big company media never talk about that one.
    • batista 15y ago
      That's good too, but you have to have some way to tame big entities, like mega-corps, that have much more power than any independent government. For example, mega-corp says to the citizens of indi-govr1: "hey, guys, you give me 100% tax break, and the ability to use materials bad for the environment in my factory, or I take my business in another indi-govr". Without some framework so that such things cannot happen in ANY indi-govr, you are at the mercy of mega-corps...