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If these companies simultaneously put their foot down in this way and did not waiver I really doubt the government would go through with doing anything that wou

If these companies simultaneously put their foot down in this way and did not waiver I really doubt the government would go through with doing anything that would risk them leaving. Any one of these examples alone would be a huge loss to the market for, say, the United States. The political backlash would be enormous, and that's not even including the community actually concerned about privacy. That being said, whether such an ultimatum would ever actually happen? Yeeeeeah...

wahsd 11y ago
The governments will simply step up their particular set of sticks and carrots to compel companies to be incentivized to not do those kinds of things. What, did you, the cattle, think you could revolt against your rancher masters with impunity forever? What do you think Google will say and do if the Government suggests giving preferences and lavish benefits to Microsoft or vice versa? The only thing that really can be done is getting politically involved. Politics, elections, transparency, combating corruption, digital activism, etc. are all the only way that this will ever be prevented from metastasizing into something far more devious and nefarious. I hate to say it, but the only solution is suffocating and starving our own governments into submission. We have bred a bred beasts and they are fed with endless and unrestrained taxing power, reality is that we really need to implement what Republicans pay lip service to .... actually cutting taxes. Cut, cut, cut, taxes; limit the tax money to a set amount which then forces the government to have to prioritize, that includes for the military. We have a sleeping demon on our hands with the current surveillance government, which is directly a result of the plundering bonanza of unlimited and unfettered funding for militarism under the guise of security and freedom from boogiemen we create.
- seanp2k2 11y ago
  That's all well and good, but when both major political parties want lots of taxes, they just want to spend it on "defense" or "social welfare programs", what do you do? It doesn't seem like this will change anytime soon without massive political upheaval.

wahsd 11y ago

The governments will simply step up their particular set of sticks and carrots to compel companies to be incentivized to not do those kinds of things. What, did you, the cattle, think you could revolt against your rancher masters with impunity forever? What do you think Google will say and do if the Government suggests giving preferences and lavish benefits to Microsoft or vice versa? The only thing that really can be done is getting politically involved. Politics, elections, transparency, combating corruption, digital activism, etc. are all the only way that this will ever be prevented from metastasizing into something far more devious and nefarious. I hate to say it, but the only solution is suffocating and starving our own governments into submission. We have bred a bred beasts and they are fed with endless and unrestrained taxing power, reality is that we really need to implement what Republicans pay lip service to .... actually cutting taxes. Cut, cut, cut, taxes; limit the tax money to a set amount which then forces the government to have to prioritize, that includes for the military. We have a sleeping demon on our hands with the current surveillance government, which is directly a result of the plundering bonanza of unlimited and unfettered funding for militarism under the guise of security and freedom from boogiemen we create.

seanp2k2 11y ago
That's all well and good, but when both major political parties want lots of taxes, they just want to spend it on "defense" or "social welfare programs", what do you do? It doesn't seem like this will change anytime soon without massive political upheaval.