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		Jensson 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gilded Rage – Why Silicon Valley went from liberta... That corporations without armies are not comparable to governments. The corporations that could rival countries historically did field armies.

mindslight 18 days ago [–]

In the large as to their goals, effects, and competition with each other, sure. I was talking about individual freedom, and in that context they are both capable of applying coercion to individuals.

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