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Yes, nation-states ultimately have the advantage because they have, well, armies and such. But IMO, the tech giants have become dangerously powerful... powerful enought to actually start challenging some nation-states.
The British and Dutch East India Companies had their own army and navy divisions. I suspect the BEIC "navy" was actually biggest in world when at its peak. JN To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org