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timcobb • today at 4:42 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

> 100% rely on

that's the mobster-loyalty mentality, and it's not how successful (read: desirable for the most people) governments function


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p-e-w • today at 4:53 PM

Every government on Earth has legislation that allows it to force companies (and citizens) to do its bidding under certain circumstances. That’s pretty much the definition of a government.

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lukewarm707 • today at 5:21 PM

yes, but anthropic really is an exception.

it is a bizarre company which also inherits the authoritarian infrastructure of cloud services.

that is: remote control of the software, spying on customers, etc.

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