When the state comes and asks you to help fight its war, this is not a request. It's an order. If you do not cooperate, there's quite a bit that can be done to

When the state comes and asks you to help fight its war, this is not a request. It's an order. If you do not cooperate, there's quite a bit that can be done to you. A lot of it is in the category of "soft power" -- your stock price falls, your shareholders vote you off, your offshore accounts will be investigated, you might get anti-trust scrutiny... Google wins massive points to me for asking questions at all. Granted it was a timid little hand raised in the classroom of a psychotic nun with a ruler in her hand, but it's something.