That companies this big ought to be reasoned about just like Nation States is a very interesting idea.
But my point was more directed towrds understanding how companies this big are starting to behave.
I do think antitrust is a way to look at it, but the anti trust laws in the US I think are difficult to point towards Google for instance (Probably the same about European laws)
> we aught to have a discussion about whether nation-state size companies are really a desirable feature
I think it goes a way longer than that. Obviously private companies are subjected to a lot less scrutiny than states, but states do miss behave and do not run into the risk of eternal intervention, unless they really fuck up, and even then.
> I have this 8 million from the church, but I need to get it out of the country in order to spend it ...
My partner's auncle was also an ex government official from the previous government.
He was in charge of the country's office for regulation work in rural areas.
Up to that point, he was a complete believer that the government he was part of, was there to really change things and put the country in the right track.
When the news about that other guy's 8 mill broke out, he was completelly and uterly devastated.
I think the same can be applied to a lot of the people that works in Google regarding the way they perceive the company.
I just recently read in the news that there has been some retaliation exherted on googlers because of organizing some walkouts.
To think that your company just does good because you try to do good, and not take a look at what is really going around in the world related to what the company you work for is "a little" naive.
Also, I think that right now companies like Google and FB should be treated and reasoned about like states. To think that they will not abuse their power in one way or the other - just like countries do - is also "a little" naive.