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[[File:Caldari State 104.jpg|link=EVE Online|frame|Yes, their flag is a copyright sign. (Or a euro sign, depending on which way you look at it)]] |
[[File:Caldari State 104.jpg|link=EVE Online|frame|Yes, their flag is a copyright sign. (Or a euro sign, depending on which way you look at it)]] |
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A [[Mega Corp]] is often a large, shadowy organization with a power base and structure that rivals even [[The Government]]. When you take it one step further, with the Mega Corp actually ''being'' the government, you get '''One Nation Under Copyright''', or a "corporate state." |
A [[Mega Corp]] is often a large, shadowy organization with a power base and structure that rivals even [[The Government]]. When you take it one step further, with the Mega Corp actually ''being'' the government, you get '''One Nation Under Copyright''', or a "corporate state." |
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Yossarian: They don't need it, they're rich. |
Yossarian: They don't need it, they're rich. |
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Milo Minderbinder: Then they'll understand.}} |
Milo Minderbinder: Then they'll understand.}} |
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* In ''The Gap Series'' by Stephen Donaldson, the United Mining Companies control human space on two different levels. There are some habitats, such as |
* In ''The Gap Series'' by Stephen Donaldson, the United Mining Companies control human space on two different levels. There are some habitats, such as ComMine, that they own outright and control the votes of in the Governing Council. Plus, their corporate police force is the only organization capable of protecting power in space, which effectively gives the UMC CEO dictatorial powers over the central government. The entire arc is driven by his chief of police's [[Plan]] to pull a [[Heel Face Turn]] and get control over the police given back to the Governing Council. |
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* The Sullustan homeworld Sullust, in the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'', is this. The SoroSuub corporation owns the planet and employs most of its inhabitants. Unlike most examples, SoroSuub is depicted as rather benign, working for the well being of the Sullustans. |
* The Sullustan homeworld Sullust, in the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'', is this. The SoroSuub corporation owns the planet and employs most of its inhabitants. Unlike most examples, SoroSuub is depicted as rather benign, working for the well being of the Sullustans. |
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* Both Beowulf and [[Big Bad|Mesa]] in ''[[Honor Harrington|Honorverse]]'' are run along the corporativist lines, which is hardly surprising, as Mesa was settled essentially by a group of rogue Beowulfers. Both are controlled by the board of directors, with votes arranged corresponding to the owned stock, though Mesa muddles the water a bit, {{spoiler|being secretly run by the [[Ancient Conspiracy]]}}. Manticore initially was also envisioned in the same way, though it mutated into [[The Kingdom|something]] [[The Empire|else]] [[The Federation|entirely]]. It's also mentioned that such political arrangement isn't anything unusual in the galaxy. |
* Both Beowulf and [[Big Bad|Mesa]] in ''[[Honor Harrington|Honorverse]]'' are run along the corporativist lines, which is hardly surprising, as Mesa was settled essentially by a group of rogue Beowulfers. Both are controlled by the board of directors, with votes arranged corresponding to the owned stock, though Mesa muddles the water a bit, {{spoiler|being secretly run by the [[Ancient Conspiracy]]}}. Manticore initially was also envisioned in the same way, though it mutated into [[The Kingdom|something]] [[The Empire|else]] [[The Federation|entirely]]. It's also mentioned that such political arrangement isn't anything unusual in the galaxy. |
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