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Apple is too big to get kicked from UK, actually corporations are already having more power than most of the governments.
by eimrine 7mo ago
Apple is too big to get kicked from UK, actually corporations are already having more power than most of the governments.
- JollySharp0 7mo agoCorporations are not powerful than the state. They wouldn't bother cosying up to various Prkme Minister and Presidents if that is the case.
- eimrine 7mo agoCorporations are soft power 2.0
- JollySharp0 7mo agoNo they aren't. I hate to make Game of Thrones references, but there is a scene where Little Finger said to Cersei "Knowledge is power" (in an attempt to blackmail her about her incestuous behaviour) and Cersei had Zombie Gregor choke him and told him "No power is power". Little Finger had lots of soft power and it meant nothing when comforted with hard power. It illustrates that a simple fact that people like you and other don't appreciate that the state has the monopoly on aggression and they have the real power. That is why corporations cozy up to governments. That is why every corporation will almost immediately implement any Byzantine bullshit that the State mandates. I am sure that you and others will point to a few exceptions where this didn't happen, but they rare and often done very strategically.