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Government is force. It is laws, police, courts and the ability to seriously screw up your life if it chooses. A corporation might have "power" in an economic

Government is force. It is laws, police, courts and the ability to seriously screw up your life if it chooses. A corporation might have "power" in an economic sense. It might have market significant presence in the marketplace. That presence might pressure or influence you in certain ways that you would prefer it not, such as the fact that all of your friends and family are customers/users of that faceless corporation. But what the corporation cannot do is put you in jail, seize your assets, prevent you from starting a business, dictate what you can or can't do with your home etc. Government is a necessary good. I'm no anarchist. But government is far more of a potential threat to liberty than the most "powerful" corporation could ever be.

ohashi 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars#American_fruit_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars#American_fruit_com... You sure?
em-bee 2y ago
But what the corporation cannot do is put you in jail, seize your assets, prevent you from starting a business, dictate what you can or can't do with your home etc. a corporation can "put me in jail" for copyright violations, accuse me of criminal conduct (happened in the UK, took them years to fix), seize my money (paypal, etc), destroy my business (amazon, google)... But government is far more of a potential threat to liberty than the most "powerful" corporation could ever be. you (in the US) should vote for a better government. i'll trust my government to protect my liberty over most corporations any day.
- srackey 2y ago
  No, they can appeal to the state to get them to do it. But you still think parliament actually controls the government as opposed to Whitehall, so I understand why this may be a little intellectually challenging for you.
  - em-bee 2y ago
    they can appeal to the state to get them to do it the end result is the same. Whitehall 1: i was talking about the US government and my own. 2: i am not from the UK therefore your comment is entirely inappropriate.

ohashi 2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars#American_fruit_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars#American_fruit_com... You sure?

em-bee 2y ago

But what the corporation cannot do is put you in jail, seize your assets, prevent you from starting a business, dictate what you can or can't do with your home etc. a corporation can "put me in jail" for copyright violations, accuse me of criminal conduct (happened in the UK, took them years to fix), seize my money (paypal, etc), destroy my business (amazon, google)... But government is far more of a potential threat to liberty than the most "powerful" corporation could ever be. you (in the US) should vote for a better government. i'll trust my government to protect my liberty over most corporations any day.

srackey 2y ago
No, they can appeal to the state to get them to do it. But you still think parliament actually controls the government as opposed to Whitehall, so I understand why this may be a little intellectually challenging for you.
- em-bee 2y ago
  they can appeal to the state to get them to do it the end result is the same. Whitehall 1: i was talking about the US government and my own. 2: i am not from the UK therefore your comment is entirely inappropriate.