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* No NGO could ever match the resources of even small nation states, but that does not mean they can not match them in influence. The CEOs of large energy companies have far more impact on the world stage than the president of, say, the Maldives.
* [[Google]]. They are our primary source of online information, can control our web browsers, and now our phones; Google Electric and Google Space do not seem entirely implausible. The company went (verbally) toe-to-toe with the Chinese government in 2010 and fought it to a draw, pretty much deciding that China - the world's most populous country and thus one of their largest potential markets - ''wasn't worth it''.
** Not to mention that they've sued... the [http://www.geeksmack.net/industry-news/google-decides-to-sue-the-usa/ USA]{{Dead link}}
** ''Google Space'' might not be that far off, for they are at least influencing it: [http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/ Google Lunar X-Prize].
* Non Government Terrorist organizations have been the target of the 10 year long [[War On Terror]], which by no means has been a tale of a string of crushing victories. The Taliban has less money than Pepsico, and yet it has fought a coalition of half a dozen major countries to a standstill.
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