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Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren't straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic

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[–] 101 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Now we just need companies to have their own militaries and then for someone to nuke one of their towers. We'd have the whole nine yards.

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  • [–] 31 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    "He burned down half the city just to prove he was right and burned the other half just for fun."

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I could absolutely see a not-too-distant future where competitors of megacorps have their assets attacked by the government’s military.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This has already happened many times. It’s just that those “competitors” are usually referred to as “ordinary people.”

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