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click here. Member since:  Uh, no. By that logic, every small
business whose owner sits on a chamber of commerce and hobnobs
with local politicians is a corrupt kleptocrat.  Microsoft et
al. never commanded 28.2% of US exports, nor have I ever heard
anyone claim that "Microsoft owns the entire US government". A
more appropriate analogy might be to Standard Oil, and even then
I don't really know.  Scale matters.  Reply Parent Score: 4
Bill Shooter of Bul Member since:  It used to happen on a
smaller scale in "company towns". Some towns are still like that
where one company is largely responsible for the vast majority
of the economic activity. When they shut down, the town pretty
much dies.  Reply Parent Score: 6  Adurbe Member since:  an
example of just such a town in the uk. The worry is how much
bigger Samsung are.  Reply Parent Score: 4