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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by bananabreakfast on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:52PM (#23330534)
Companies do not have the power to throw people in jail or legally kill with a military.
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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by vageli on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:11PM (#23330735)
> Companies do not have the power to throw people in jail or legally kill with a military.

Blackwater is a private enterprise and arguably is able to legally kill (and is in a sense a form of private military). Beyond that obvious example, private police agencies have existed in the US for some time.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_police_in_the_United...

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by Gibbon1 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:14PM (#23330765)
Um... What is the United Fruit Company?
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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by Gibbon1 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @08:38PM (#23331986)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A...
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