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However, corporations can still do assassinations, espionage, or even spying on customers

Haha, funny that you find "spying on customers" to be more worthy of an "even" than assassinations or espionage :)

I remember an argument I had with a friend years ago .. would I rather have Google owning my information or the Government. I argued, Google of course, the worst they would use my info for was serving me better ads.

I was wrong because I never realized that the government could force Google to hand my information over to them.



It just so happens that the government is more powerful than Google.

Also public companies are less at risk to abuse power because there is a separation of powers. Lots of diverse stock holders usually.




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