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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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