Thought experiment: what corporations are more powerful than many countries? Google and Facebook. Tencent, though it could be argued that it's an extension of the Chinese govt. Amazon maybe, though I don't know how much force it can project.
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Replying to @imhinesmi
Corps have soft power, and can embargo places and supply allies. Now I'm curious what vital goods are near-monopolies. It's never anything obvious. There are some drugs that have only one producer due to IP.
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I think Google could easily sway elections or otherwise act as a powerful propaganda tool if they were so inclined. It wouldn't be strong-arming a country to change policies, but it could make citizens more inclined to act or more inclined to support a proposal.
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Big agreement on groups of companies being more likely to actually win, though.
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