 Which Rl corporation will be the first to go mega? |
 Apr 27 2006, 04:26 PM
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Who do you envision getting extraterritoriality from world governments before everyone else? And if you want to post a mini-essay, how do you envision them getting it, and do you view that as a good or bad thing?
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emo samurai Which Rl corporation will be the first to go mega? Apr 27 2006, 04:26 PM
Cray74 Too late, it's already happened.
Megacorp #1 ... Apr 27 2006, 04:34 PM emo samurai But neither of those exist today. The whole Megaco... Apr 27 2006, 04:35 PM ShadowDragon8685 Dosen't matter. They were in fact the first Me... Apr 27 2006, 04:40 PM Kyoto Kid It was a tossup between Haliburton and MicroSquish... Apr 27 2006, 04:41 PM Cray74 If you want strictly modern corporations, I'd ... Apr 27 2006, 04:53 PM stevebugge The reason that the Corp as nation vision presente... Apr 27 2006, 04:56 PM Cray74 Incidentally, for those interested in forming mega... Apr 27 2006, 04:59 PM Cray74 QUOTE (stevebugge)The reason that the Corp as nati... Apr 27 2006, 05:07 PM emo samurai Maybe we should form another thread about corporat... Apr 27 2006, 05:09 PM Kagetenshi General Electric, they're the only one listed ... Apr 27 2006, 05:25 PM ShadowDragon8685 My vote is none of them. The first corporation to ... Apr 27 2006, 05:36 PM Lindt Yeah, I was going to say either Honda or GE.
Hu... Apr 27 2006, 05:43 PM Cray74 QUOTE (emo samurai)And on the subject of extraterr... Apr 27 2006, 05:51 PM emo samurai What about pollution? Do you think extraterritoria... Apr 27 2006, 06:16 PM ShadowDragon8685 Environmental protection pays poorly.
At least, ... Apr 27 2006, 06:19 PM John Campbell Personally, I think Shadowrun-style extraterritori... Apr 27 2006, 06:25 PM Kagetenshi If you note, that's exactly what happens. It j... Apr 27 2006, 06:34 PM emo samurai A lot of SR megacorps are unrealistically very ide... Apr 27 2006, 06:39 PM Daddy's Little Ninja You need a company who has dangerous facilities. E... Apr 27 2006, 06:43 PM xizor A corporate script exists! => Canadian Tire... Apr 27 2006, 06:51 PM stevebugge QUOTE (emo samurai) A lot of SR megacorps are unre... Apr 27 2006, 06:59 PM Cray74 QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685)My vote is none of them. T... Apr 27 2006, 07:02 PM emo samurai SR really IS the 80's. The "traditionalis... Apr 27 2006, 07:25 PM FlakJacket Definately General Electric all the way I say.
QU... Apr 27 2006, 08:03 PM emo samurai Your example seems rather idealized; how many exam... Apr 27 2006, 08:49 PM Straight Razor you missed wal-mart. all they have to do is make ... Apr 27 2006, 09:48 PM Cray74 QUOTE (emo samurai) Your example seems rather idea... Apr 27 2006, 10:19 PM eralston Wow, you guys are going frickin' off.
As far ... Apr 27 2006, 10:51 PM stevebugge Taxing corporations is just another way of taxing ... Apr 27 2006, 11:12 PM Cray74 QUOTE (eralston) Oil companies are also the only t... Apr 27 2006, 11:38 PM emo samurai Would WalMart have a reason to go mega? Apr 28 2006, 12:00 AM Voorhees Free reign to practice as many soul-crushingly unf... Apr 28 2006, 12:03 AM Kanada Ten QUOTE (emo samurai @ Apr 27 2006, 07:00 PM) W... Apr 28 2006, 12:04 AM Cray74 QUOTE (emo samurai) Would WalMart have a reason to... Apr 28 2006, 12:08 AM emo samurai Wow, how much profit do they make a year? Apr 28 2006, 12:09 AM Voorhees A lot. Apr 28 2006, 12:15 AM Cray74 QUOTE (emo samurai @ Apr 28 2006, 12:09 AM) W... Apr 28 2006, 12:16 AM emo samurai That's 4% and 10% net profit; suddenly, I don... Apr 28 2006, 12:20 AM Kanada Ten QUOTE (emo samurai) That's 4% and 10% net prof... Apr 28 2006, 12:22 AM emo samurai Oh, yeah... what percentage goes to suits? Apr 28 2006, 12:24 AM Cray74 QUOTE (Kanada Ten) QUOTE (emo samurai @ Apr 2... Apr 28 2006, 12:24 AM emo samurai Wow... maybe I DO hate them a lot. Apr 28 2006, 12:26 AM jklst14 I chose General Electric as well, since there were... Apr 28 2006, 12:34 AM hyzmarca QUOTE (stevebugge @ Apr 27 2006, 01:59 PM) QU... Apr 28 2006, 12:47 AM emo samurai So even from a political standpoint, SR is complet... Apr 28 2006, 12:54 AM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (Cray74)While ExxonMobil certainly set a rec... Apr 28 2006, 12:58 AM emo samurai That is fucking sick. Apr 28 2006, 01:00 AM Lindt GESS Turbine: first corperate owned supercarrier? Apr 28 2006, 03:42 AM emo samurai My god, we need an omega order NOW. Apr 28 2006, 03:57 AM eralston Halliburton is an oil company, whoever said there ... Apr 28 2006, 05:34 AM Muskie Well, seing as Berlin is now a Sony/Daimler-Chrysl... Apr 28 2006, 09:01 AM BlacKat What about Tycho.
Based out of the Bahamas, they ... Apr 28 2006, 12:44 PM stevebugge QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) QUOTE (Cray74)While Ex... Apr 28 2006, 02:40 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (stevebugge)QUOTE (Austere Emancipator ... Apr 28 2006, 04:21 PM emo samurai Conquering the world... Priceless. Apr 28 2006, 04:35 PM eralston Hmmm, never heard of them, but I am by definition ... Apr 28 2006, 05:41 PM emo samurai Oh god, what RL corporations would do that? Apr 29 2006, 06:10 AM ShadowDragon8685 Any one of them whose cost-benefit analysists decr... Apr 29 2006, 10:16 PM
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