Having a corporation wield this kind of sword is a bit troubling. Monsanto Now Owns Blackwater (Xe) Oh the semi-fiction stories you could write about this relationship....I can't imagine a CEO *NOT* using them for surveillance and intimidation on their competitors (small farmers).
Corporate wars in our future or what !! First they control the food ,communications and the banks ,then they dictate .What could be simpler than that !!
Monsanto has been my nemesis since high school. They are the evil force that controls our destiny, they have destroyed the American Farm and by rote, the American Family. Monsanto has garnered control of our legislation, they set commodities pricing and there-by the value of our dollar. Their present enforcement branch, the military of the Former Republic of the United States of America, is in danger of collapsing because we can no longer deny the issuance of our economic system and their lobbyists have gained total compliance from the legislative faction of .gov there. So it is only logical that they buy the biggest and best trained mercenary army in the world to be their private security force. After all, even the United States hired Black Water to do their dirty work in the wake of Katrina.
w00t Agenda 21 here we go. And now they got security! This does not bode well my simian friends not well at all.
I dunno about that SW. You oughta have seen my Ex G/F!!! Fer about a week every month, I don't think the Grim Reaper would Dare take her!!!
Alot of large companies and even cities are going to private protection. When I was in NC I worked for a place called Hoosier. They were a private police, they hired certified L.E.O.'s and we did contract work, Like for Banner Pharmaceuticals and others. Along with personal escorts and other details. Most of these companies pay three time what departments do I was always worried I would lose my soul if I wasn't carful.
When you call Monsanto, the recording is just a spooky laugh that fades to silence. Oh yeah, the number really is 1-800-EAT-S**T
A constant theme in many sci-fi stories is the world being run by mega-corporations, who sometimes settle their business squabbles by armed warfare. Now, it seems life is beginning to imitate art.
I've noticed this as well. NOT a good direction to take any more than the polar opposite. Now, to have a corporate heavy plutocracy is just as freaking scary.