7 comments

  • felixfurtak a day ago

    Someone's been watching Alien Earth...

  • trolleski 11 hours ago

    This one is s-h-a-r-p! Is it just me or does it feel like Kabuki so that that can do 'something' about it, so that the tech lords can get back into the shadows?

    • trolleski 11 hours ago

      I'm probably paranoid though. As always, nothing happens, ever, enter the skeptics.

  • SilverElfin a day ago

    Yes this is true. But it was already a problem that individual companies are as powerful as nations. No company should be worth a trillion dollars. It distorts the market and there can’t be fair competition against these mega corps.

  • jauntywundrkind a day ago

    they're also not as constrained as nations are to act or spend money.

    and are often capable of situating their matters in favorable jurisdictions. or (recently again) sowing dissolution against established states or unions.

  • metalman a day ago

    ask Jack Ma about that

  • m4ck_ a day ago

    billionaires are effectively stateless, governments should treat them as major security risks IMO.

    personally I have money on elon launching rockets at someone after coming out of a bad k-hole. I will admit, his tolerance for rhino ket is admirable.