Is Albie making a smart career choice?

[giblets]

A communist nazi caliphate would still be a state, though.

[giblets]

And gribbler, you said something about how I turn every thread into a discussion about myself or something. You're the one making threads about me!

I'm giving you a thread about yourself so you can stop ruining other people's threads.

[Agent Sox]

Fighting an ideology? Islamic Marxism a la Glenn Beck?

Haha, maybe. Sometimes I think it will be some giant cyberpunkian megacorp.

[Al B. Sure!]

Haha, maybe. Sometimes I think it will be some giant cyberpunkian megacorp.

No. That most assuredly will never happen.

[Agent Sox]

You better hope so.

[giblets]

No. That most assuredly will never happen.

That's just a one liner. Why can't you make an actual argument against the point he raised?

[Al B. Sure!]

That's just a one liner. Why can't you make an actual argument against the point he raised?

All you make is one liners. When I'm arguing a point, as you damn well know, I often write several paragraphs. You saw some of my posts.

I don't have anything to say to elaborate on that. I just don't see how we would even have a war against a corporation. It's a business. Why would it wage war on people? Yes, I know the British and Dutch East India Companies were state-like entities that essentially conquered territory, had military forces, and governed but I don't see some 'cyberpunk' megacorporation doing something like that in the near future. There are far more likely war scenarios than that.

[Agent Sox]

I believe it's possible that a corporation could be hijacked by other interests. Then it wouldn't be so focused on profit and stocks.

[giblets]

All you make is one liners. When I'm arguing a point, as you damn well know, I often write several paragraphs. You saw some of my posts.

I don't have anything to say to elaborate on that. I just don't see how we would even have a war against a corporation. It's a business. Why would it wage war on people? Yes, I know the British and Dutch East India Companies were state-like entities that essentially conquered territory, had military forces, and governed but I don't see some 'cyberpunk' megacorporation doing something like that in the near future. There are far more likely war scenarios than that.

There's no point in a multi paragraph response to posts that are just plain stupid. That's why I stick responding to you with one or two sentences.

[N35t0r]

All you make is one liners. When I'm arguing a point, as you damn well know, I often write several paragraphs. You saw some of my posts.

I don't have anything to say to elaborate on that. I just don't see how we would even have a war against a corporation. It's a business. Why would it wage war on people? Yes, I know the British and Dutch East India Companies were state-like entities that essentially conquered territory, had military forces, and governed but I don't see some 'cyberpunk' megacorporation doing something like that in the near future. There are far more likely war scenarios than that.

War between cyberpunkish megacorporations

[Al B. Sure!]

I believe it's possible that a corporation could be hijacked by other interests. Then it wouldn't be so focused on profit and stocks.

Nah more likely would be that the corporation would still be concerned with profits but would appeal to governments to send in the troops to enforce the company's business interests a la Dole Fruit

[N35t0r]

Nah more likely would be that the corporation would still be concerned with profits but would appeal to governments to send in the troops to enforce the company's business interests a la Dole Fruit

What if it's a war with another corporation?

[Al B. Sure!]

What if it's a war with another corporation?

I don't know. I don't know enough about the history of banana republics but I don't think United Fruit and Standard/Dole Fruit ever really competed outside of the marketplace. They were both American companies though and supported by the US. If a French fruit company or something made inroads, I don't know what would have happened.

Regardless, it would be governments warring to preserve business interests, not businesses warring.

[Cort Haus]

Why would there be another world war? The dumbasses over in Europe started the last two and it looks like they've sorted things out. Took them long enough.

Japan is in Europe?

[giblets]

Japan is in Europe?

Hitler was Japanese?