@WildWoila @wildwoila@aus.social @pluralistic

Interesting book. But TechnoFeudalism (TF) is simply an extreme form of capitalism subject to the vagaries of a market economy. But the more interesting part of TF companies is their attempt to become de facto East-India type companies. (The East India Company received a corporate franchise to assume country-like powers from England in 1600 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company], e.g., becoming supra national, expropriating book copyrights for LLM training,

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@WildWoila @wildwoila@aus.social @pluralistic

building a city state on Mars, signing contracts for nuclear power plant generated energy, having mercenaries kill citizens of other countries with impunity). The problem for TF companies is that they don't receive franchises from the United States. It will be interesting to see how far TF companies can transgress the rights of individuals and government entities before the US (and other countries) clip their wings.

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