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Re:The Capitalist Road to Serfdom by huijzer on Sunday February 26, 2023 @08:24AM (#34945331)
> If those companies were countries, they would be authoritarian dictatorships.

Although there are some fair points in the article, the main thesis that companies are countries is incorrect. Governments have a monopoly on physical force. Being fired is not the same as being thrown out of a country.

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Re:The Capitalist Road to Serfdom by lapcat on Sunday February 26, 2023 @08:54AM (#34945547)
> the main thesis that companies are countries is incorrect.

That's not the main thesis. It's just an analogy.

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Re:The Capitalist Road to Serfdom by iForgotMyPW on Sunday February 26, 2023 @11:07AM (#34946553)
idk Apple's got employees killing themselves to escape the working environment and using children to mine in Africa

seems pretty authoritarian to me

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