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This makes sense as their market cap and revenues are also larger than many countries. Max Barry wrote a book in 2003 called Jennifer Government [0] about a ne
by prepend 2y ago
This makes sense as their market cap and revenues are also larger than many countries.
Max Barry wrote a book in 2003 called Jennifer Government [0] about a near future where companies were so big they had their own armies and intelligence agencies. It seems like we’re getting close to that point.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Government
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y agoThat ain't new. East India company had essentially private armies.
- tantalor 2y agoCarnegie Steel had the Pinkertons
- bbqbbqbbq 2y ago[dead]
- ClumsyPilot 2y agoAnd what a glorious time period that was, lawless and brutal.
- infecto 2y agoWe are getting close to companies with armies and intelligence agencies at the scale of governments?
- prepend 2y agoI think Apple and Google probably has a more robust intelligence organization than most developing nations. Fortunately, no armies yet.
- infecto 2y agoNo doubt and I believe corporate espionage at different levels is alive and well but I don't think we are quite close to full on corporate nation states.
- galdosdi 2y agoAny other millennials remember the pre-ajax CGI and <frame> based web game based on the book where you made your own countries and alliances and chose tax policy and stuff? Come to think of it 2003 was only a couple years before Gmail would change web apps forever