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Re:U.S. Firms Are Helping Build China’s Orwellian State by _bxg1 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @09:41AM (#19442008)
Stocks and shareholder meetings are artificial constructs defined by governments. Antitrust, trade secrets, prosecution of insider trading, consumer protection. Without a government you have none of these things; without these things, the free market reverts to feudal lords battling it out by any means necessary.
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Re:U.S. Firms Are Helping Build China’s Orwellian State by fifnir on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @10:22AM (#19442473)
Well put, it's really shocking to read some of those wild corporation-worshiping views on HN.
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Re:U.S. Firms Are Helping Build China’s Orwellian State by nilskidoo on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @08:55AM (#19441534)
WL hosts over half a million docs pertaining to the Russian government, and Assange's mentor Gavin MacFadyen was banned from entering Russia under any circumstances for the last 20 or 30 years of his life, but sure.

And...the OP concerns US firms building China's Orwellian state. Literally contributing to "how awful governments are".

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Re:U.S. Firms Are Helping Build China’s Orwellian State by fifnir on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:23PM (#19443753)
I had a (admittedly brief look) on WL's site and couldn't find anything with regards to Russia's gov., Would you please show me what you mean ?
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