>Didn't Brazil recently require WhatsApp to cease service in the country for a short bit of time?
No, a judge had whatsapp blocked in Brazil and it resulted in a backlash from citizens.
No, a judge had whatsapp blocked in Brazil and it resulted in a backlash from citizens.
And then you have tobacco companies suing countries for anti-smoking laws, because fuck it, why not.
And then you have corporations playing states and countries off each other by getting them to compete over jobs with tax breaks.
So no, nation states do not really have the upper hand over corporations. It's the other way around these days.
Which only works in certain parts of the world - it's not like Uber is legal in Germany or that they made a lot of friends in Sweden lately.
It's not like companies need to get from zero to world domination in a single step.
If the government is no longer representing the will of the people in a democracy, isn't change the point?
In a democracy the government's job is to do what the people want. Claiming it's the job of the government to prevent people from making decisions is antithetical to that.