[pivnicek]

This deserves discussion. The parallels are striking and all but undeniable.

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I suppose the question business owners have to ask themselves is, do they feel that their country is at war in dire enough straights that they feel the need to surrender control of their businesses for the war effort?

[api]

When the state comes and asks you to help fight its war, this is not a request. It's an order. If you do not cooperate, there's quite a bit that can be done to you. A lot of it is in the category of "soft power" -- your stock price falls, your shareholders vote you off, your offshore accounts will be investigated, you might get anti-trust scrutiny...

Google wins massive points to me for asking questions at all. Granted it was a timid little hand raised in the classroom of a psychotic nun with a ruler in her hand, but it's something.