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Re:Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China by hnarn on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @11:27AM (#20460484)
> these multinational companies actively and willingly accept these terms

That's why it needs to be worked on a political level, like the post you replied to stated.

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Re:Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China by chillacy on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @11:53AM (#20460804)
It’s game theory, each company needs to stay ahead of the others and end up in a globally suboptimal state. One solution to the prisoners dilemma is “the don” who ensures nobody defects, aka the government.
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Re:Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China by throwaway2048 on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:07PM (#20460979)
aka if you defect the big boss shoots you in the head.
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Re:Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China by TeMPOraL on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:37PM (#20461338)
Yes. Whether actual bullets are involved or means like imprisonment or fines, this literally is the solution to prisonner-dillemma's like problems, and in various forms exists everywhere and forms the underpinning of a civilized society.
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