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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I mean, dystopian fiction has warned us about this for decades. Some of those companies are already more powerful than many nations, all we're still missing is the private corporate militaries. But something tells me we're real close to that reality as well.

As soon as more power can no longer be bought with cold hard cash, physical violence and power projection will inevitably follow.

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Don't worry, they'll make them all suicide drones so it's not technically an army!

Flying precision bombs in private hands, a totally normal thing any business could reasonably expect to need and use for standard business operations.

If the founding fathers didn't want corporations to have suicide drones they would have mentioned it in the constitution /s

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Didn't Marx warn us about this?

[–] freeman@feddit.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hasnt Microsoft built a Nuclear power plant? There was a post about it in the last few days

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not built but they're restarting and leasing the Three Mile Island reactor. You know, the one that almost caused Chernobyl 2.0 by partial meltdown.

What could possibly go wrong?

[–] freeman@feddit.org 2 points 11 months ago

That sounds fun

[–] zante@lemmy.wtf 10 points 11 months ago

Well the size and power is not novel. And smaller companies have been broken up before now. But that was a different era.

I think that not enough people make the connection between political donations and government policy.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lugh 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

No shit

It's obvious to some of us, but not to many. Hence why it's so important to keep saying it. Particularly at a UN summit about the future.

[–] bbuez@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

UN summit

sponsored by shell

I jest

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago
[–] Doombot1@lemmy.one 5 points 11 months ago

shocked pikachu