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A new report says many of the world's biggest companies are actively working to undermine democracy. (www.ituc-csi.org)

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[–] Kyrgizion 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 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 6 points 3 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

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