Comment by junon
1 month ago
That's a reductio ad absurdum conclusion.
Both lobby for and are in major political cahoots with many governmental bodies worldwide. They lobby like crazy, and can defend just about any lawsuit that comes their way - including dodging congressional hearings, selectively adhering to laws other companies cannot afford to skip, etc.
But I think you knew that. Being argumentative with the general point OP was making doesn't solve anything and just defends multinationals when they shouldn't be defended.
Every point you raised is in fact evidence for how they are weaker than governments.
It depends on how you quantify it, which isn't really possible and isn't even the point of the comment.
It really feels like you're being intentionally obtuse here. The point was that they seem to be impervious to many governments. That would be having, by at least some measure, more power than the government.
They weren't meaning they were literal comparisons of amounts of power.
You’re upset because I won’t help you evade the fact that you are intentionally conflating two distinct concepts:
“Power” meaning the infliction violence and physical coercion with the force of law.
“Power” meaning the ability to make money by designing products and services people voluntary trade for.
This is always an intentional confusion intended to deceive and manipulate.
See also https://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/economic_power_vs_politic...
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