• rayrven@lemmy.world
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    I wonder when global governments wake up and realise they are sawing the branch they sit on, at this rate i shudder when i think of my kids and their future.

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      There is no global government. The world is highly fragmented. Most countries themselves are highly fragmented. Even some countries that would have you believe otherwise.

      Also, we are too used to the concept of superpowers being countries. That’s no longer the case. While countries can still be superpowers, so can corporations. We already have corporations that could fund some of the world’s biggest armed forces, but so far they have had no reason to. This isn’t a new concept either, think back to the way the British Empire colonised/invaded India for example.

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        Great points. And similarly with the East India Company, those multinationals sit above states. This time it’s not just one—Britain (or the Netherlands, e.g. with the Dutch EIC)—it’s all of them. With BlackRock and Vanguard near the top. With maybe <20 exceptions.

        Saying that, it suggests that if there is anything like a global government, it’s comprised of a handful of billionaires and their most loyal servants. If a state doesn’t do what they say, they’ll arrange for you to be sanctioned, bombed, couped, etc.

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        I agree, i guess i meant to say the governments of the world when i said that, but you articulated important points- corporations are really becoming bigger than governments and thats not good for the future

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      They already have noticed many decades ago It’s just that profit comes first since the people in charge won’t really feel the worst of the change while currently making bank from lobbying

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      They already have noticed many decades ago It’s just that profit comes first since the people in charge won’t really feel the worst of the change while currently making bank from lobbying

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        Indeed. Naomi Klein reports in This Changes Everything (IIRC) that the White House’s own scientific team warned it that climate catastrophe was in it’s way in the 1960s!