Comments on: Google for President? Nations, corporations and the future of politics http://futurismic.com/2010/02/04/google-for-president-nations-corporations-and-the-future-of-politics/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Evil Rocks http://futurismic.com/2010/02/04/google-for-president-nations-corporations-and-the-future-of-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-73350 Evil Rocks Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:25:08 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10393#comment-73350 I was actually thinking about this - would you vote for the Democratic Candidate, or the Tech Consortium Candidate? Who's got the better jobs and net neutrality position? I was actually thinking about this – would you vote for the Democratic Candidate, or the Tech Consortium Candidate? Who’s got the better jobs and net neutrality position?

]]> By: khannea http://futurismic.com/2010/02/04/google-for-president-nations-corporations-and-the-future-of-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-73062 khannea Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:58:41 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10393#comment-73062 If a corporation has automated machines to do its labor, would it still expend its resources on wages? If it doesn't need to pay people for labor, why doesn't it do manufacture strictly for its respective shareholders commensurate with its production capacity minus aquisitions? How will a world look where large segments of society don't receive consideration for existence, let alone work done - and where corporations can alter their geography for maximizing freedom to produce consistent with its values - and minimizing political viscosity in attaining its goals? If a corporation has automated machines to do its labor, would it still expend its resources on wages? If it doesn’t need to pay people for labor, why doesn’t it do manufacture strictly for its respective shareholders commensurate with its production capacity minus aquisitions?

How will a world look where large segments of society don’t receive consideration for existence, let alone work done – and where corporations can alter their geography for maximizing freedom to produce consistent with its values – and minimizing political viscosity in attaining its goals?

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