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Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments:
Planned legislation to establish new business areas in Nevada would allow technology companies to effectively form separate local governments.
Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan to launch so-called Innovation Zones in Nevada to jumpstart the state's economy by attracting technology firms, Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday.
The zones would permit companies with large areas of land to form governments carrying the same authority as counties, including the ability to impose taxes, form school districts and courts and provide government services.
The measure to further economic development with the "alternative form of local government" has not yet been introduced in the Legislature.
[...] The governor's economic development office did not respond to questions about the zones Wednesday.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday February 07 2021, @02:56AM (3 children)
Of course it is. The company picks the government, not the other way around. The government complies, or there is a coup, or a boy king emerges from a death in the family.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Funny) by fakefuck39 on Sunday February 07 2021, @03:12AM (2 children)
>The company picks the government, not the other way around
Ok, so I was right. You're trolling with this online fake personality. Corporations picked the thousand year dynasty and its current king of UAE in that line of kings.
>The government complies, or there is a coup
right, and if fish had fur and went clubbing, they'd go bald and need hair loss medicine so they get all the young club chicks.
here in reality, the king of UAE is part of a family dynasty going back a thousand years, and microsoft and oracle with their offices in tech park aren't unseating him, but following his rules.
you're making up this hypothetical bullshit that doesn't exist. what we have is facts. those facts are, that neither the government, nor a single law or regulation in UAE has been put in place by a single corporation.
and yes, maybe there is a chance that if the king did something to piss off some of those powerful corporations, which have less money than the dynasty does, they will rally the people who absolutely adore their king, and have him overthrown. and if a nuclear missle in the shape of an alien fish landed in dubai and a walrus stepped off of it and declared dubai an alien seaport, it would be populated by fish. see, I just proved dubai is an aquarium for aliens. but you are using your theoretical fantasy based on lack of any knowledge of the area to tell facts about the area. this is just funny.
what's really funny is this is a thing you do, and you are guaranteed to do it in other aspects of your life. that knowledge puts a wide smile on my face, because you are now my personal clown.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 08 2021, @02:48AM
I, for one, welcome our furry, club-hopping piscine overlords.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 09 2021, @08:43AM
Another user figures out that fusty is just a troll. How sad would it be if he wasn't?