There’s a reason why all the cyberpunk stories are about corporatacracies and/or spacefaring feudalist states running human society in the future. Life imitates art.
I don’t see the problem, it will be just like the days of company towns, except way bigger, they will control the banks, hospitals, prisons and military, and you cannot leave unless they let you!
Oh this is even worse! Imagine if we transitioned to Nation Company states!? The United States of Apple…hey. We don’t gotta change anything…USA! USA!
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There’s a reason why all the cyberpunk stories are about corporatacracies and/or spacefaring feudalist states running human society in the future. Life imitates art.
I don’t see the problem, it will be just like the days of company towns, except way bigger, they will control the banks, hospitals, prisons and military, and you cannot leave unless they let you!
You laugh, but we’re getting closer and closer to this every day
It is de facto already the case, thanks to bad campaign finance laws.
Probably on the cards at some point when a company exceeds the gdp of a country.
It’s essentially an asset purchase
It’s much cheaper to buy the politicians than the whole country.
Yes, but most if not all countries in the world run on deficits. Not a good investment.