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[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Satire now but honestly doesn't seem very far off, with how willing people are to give up their privacy to megacorps

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wasn't there recently a city in the us that wanted to give corporations the right to vote? Or was that satire too?

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not satire, but the City of London has done something similar for a while. The thought process is you might not "live" there but you use it's infastructure and facilities while at work. Giving the employees of the companies the right to vote within the city.

'For a while' is really underselling it. They do and can do what they do because they have been doing it since time immemorial or rather for at least 2000 years.