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> This is the kind of things police will do if they have a warrant (or the local equivalent) in any sane democracy. Democracy does not mean that we have to let
by personomas 3y ago
> This is the kind of things police will do if they have a warrant (or the local equivalent) in any sane democracy. Democracy does not mean that we have to let companies get away with crime or nicely tell them before a search so they can destroy evidence.
Democracy also doesn't mean that the authorities should ransack successful companies on a mere whim. Democracy also doesn't mean that the states and government should exercise their power limitlessly, nor turn their power into oppressing the people.
> How’s the US government handling Huawei again? Did the Atlantic Ocean close overnight?
This isn't about Huawei. The OP above me wrote about Google, and I included Nividia.
> Also, what makes you think that police investigations are more common than they used to be?
Obviously, this isn't something I'm going to be able to prove. Not all my arguments need to be backed by some sort of a sourceable evidence. If you don't want to believe this part of my statement, then don't, it's up to the reader to form their own opinion - that by no means discredits my post, since I'm obviously giving my opinion and you don't have to agree.
> Search, that’s the word you’re looking for.
Ransacked: search through (a place or receptacle) to find something, especially in such a way as to cause disorder and damage.
^ Yup, that's the one.
- samus 3y agoGovernments don't care about "successful" companies (whatever that means) as long as they pay taxes and don't make it so obvious when they break laws that it makes them look bad if they don't react. Governments can and have to intervene if they feel that companies threaten their power and authority. To prevent that, it usually helps to lobby well. Unless they are perceived to be organs of a foreign, unfriendly government of course.
- personomas 3y agoIn America, sure. Come over to Europe where successful companies are the politician's escape-goat. "The world is burning, and it's because of the rich, business owners, and high paying businessmen". Furthermore, the European elite hate the successful american companies with a passion, and they purposely undermine them to help their own companies instead.
- lostlogin 3y agoI don’t know that you’re wrong, but are the US elites any better? There have been plenty of scandals where the US has engineered spying to help US companies [1]. Corruption is corruption except when it’s international and in your own nations interest. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/business/us-snooping-on-companies-cited-by-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/business/us-snooping-on-c...
- samus 3y agoThe US government would do the same if European companies would be economically dominant. And it indeed gleefully persecuted Deutsche Bank and Volkswagen (IMHO well-deserved)