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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Government could choose to reign these corporations in, but the money the give officials makes them choose not too

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

"It's okay, I'll enjoy my retirement long before corporations start buying literal states, springing up company towns, employing workers younger than my current children, and buying and selling people via contracts, whilst waging open war with drones and wageslave conscripts." --Most Politicians as they watch their green line go up, probably

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Right, so whether they "can't" or simply "won't", either way they don't, and the problem just grows and grows with no bounds.