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Re:Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy by Florin_Andrei on Thursday January 19, 2012 @07:42PM (#3487714)
It's funny how people are raging against the "government" who shut down Megaupload, when really the feds were merely the instrument.

The real decision was made in some corporate office somewhere - the real owners of the weak little puppet called "government".

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Re:Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy by TruthElixirX on Friday January 20, 2012 @02:15AM (#3488676)
The state consists of two parts, the corporation and the government. The government are not some dumb fools who are just "get used" by some old shadowy men in some corporate office. Its a symbiotic relationship.
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Re:Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy by Florin_Andrei on Friday January 20, 2012 @01:29PM (#3490528)
In time, thou', the balance may tilt one way or the other.

In China nowadays, it's heavily tilted government-side. In the US, it's just as heavily tilted corporate.

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