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Governments 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 ma
by samus 3y ago
Governments 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)