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.
Thinking about it, Google is in a really weird position - it has more power the bigger the government. Google would have an easier time getting the UN to do something than getting a local government to do something.
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Larger govt governs larger population which is generally worse informed (less direct experience). And to become informed, people turn to... Google. I recall Google being unable to get a permit to build a bridge on their campus, or something similarly asinine.
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