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It is totally normal for corporations to dwarf nations in GDP. Corporations are far less powerful now then they used to be - during colonial times the british east india company was not only larger than many countries, it actually had it's own army twice the size of the british army and invaded and colonized and controlled many countries. If we're talking about corporate dictatorship, it's been far far far far worse than google competing with their own customers.



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