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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 61 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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!

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Neal Stephenson has entered the chat.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Probably on the cards at some point when a company exceeds the gdp of a country.

It's essentially an asset purchase

[–] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

It's much cheaper to buy the politicians than the whole country.

[–] Plagiatus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, but most if not all countries in the world run on deficits. Not a good investment.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That might be an improvement over Putin.

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

30 second unskippable ad before an oligarch accidentally falls out of a window.

[–] runiq@feddit.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. I will not live in a Shadowrun campaign without the dragons and orcs to keep me company. Just no.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Sorry bud, best RL can do for ya is kinda ok-ish VR. At least you can rock an 80s punk-glam style!

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thought this was Ludacris so I googled the Russian gdp and google networth and yeah google could legitimately by Russia with some change.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

They need Nuclear power plants and think of the passive cooling of a Siberian data=centre!

Just wait a while and I'll be nickle. Althout Musk might be interested now.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Putin only wishes he could be bought out and become an American oligarch.