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Re:Tech giants have as much money and influence as nations by ocdtrekkie on Sunday January 12, 2020 @11:30AM (#22027130)
The problem is big companies impose so much power over governments, which often depend on them for that military power and technological superiority that those companies can influence the countries to do what they want. Think about how many of our wars were based on oil. Think about how our government has threatened to put tariffs on France for trying to properly tax tech companies.

Countries have dropped rules on tech companies, and tech companies have retaliated to the point that those countries relented and begged the companies to come back.

No, tech companies aren't going to start driving tanks across enemy companies' lawns, but they don't have to. They're so powerful they can use countries' militaries as their pawns.

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