[justaaron]

I tend to think that Google is rather bigger than any one nation-states ability to contain it, at this point, which makes comparisons to Apple somewhat funny. Amazon appears to be desperately seeking to connect with the funding channels this article highlights.

Overall reaction: meh, the entire tech sector has always played this role in any society since inception. Silicon Valley, ARPA, and later, DARPA seem to seamlessly fit with such a vision as outlined.

No disputing anything here, it's simply that we aren't in any position to assess what Google wants, really, are we?