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by ootsootsoots 1689 days ago
Behind every big corp is a well armed government and police apparatus

Given how many Fortune 500 companies have died even in prosperous times since the list started, I’m gonna file this away as “manufacturing consent to maintain the status quo.”

Corporations are not literal machines or organisms. They’re a social acquiescence given the reality of biological need at scale. The logistics are necessary; the behavior is necessary; the ownership angle is propaganda.