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| Well, Why Not: Give Amazon and Facebook a Seat at the United Nations |
| 2021-10-05 |
| [Bloomberg] Given the scope of their ambitions and our dependence on them, behemoth brands should be treated, and held to account, for what they really are: commercial superpowers. It’s getting harder to distinguish brands from nation-states. The resemblance is not simply semiotics: logos (flags), anthems (jingles), taglines (mottoes), mission statements (constitutions), founder stories (official histories), terms and conditions (legal codes) ... structures: customers (citizens), shareholders (legislators), boards of directors (executives), chairmen (monarchs), CEOs (presidents), and oversight boards (judges) ... or even size, though the comparisons are startling: |
| Posted by:The Walking Unvaxed |
| #2 ceasar, you funny! |
| Posted by: 746 2021-10-05 20:32 |
| #1 That's simple. Whatever you may think of them, Amazon and Facebook are successful entities that aggressively accomplish their goals. The UN is a festering cesspit of triple parking, skip out on the tab, 2nd to 4th sons. Too stupid to survive in their country of origin, this herd of mouth breathing rent seekers issues extravagant demands that would embarrass Arafat. I just don't see it as a match. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2021-10-05 11:03 |