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Re:China’s SenseTime, the world’s highest-valued AI startup,... by pizza on Thursday May 31, 2018 @07:03PM (#17201106)
I can think of one example of a corporation overthrowing a state, albeit with its parent government's assistance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company
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Re:China’s SenseTime, the world’s highest-valued AI startup,... by AndrewKemendo on Thursday May 31, 2018 @11:09PM (#17202300)
Still falls into the same category of being given a state granted monopoly.

At the point that a corporation has an independent military then we might see something interesting. I'd argue they would get obliterated fairly quickly but it would be an interesting effort.

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