A corrupt government can also be bought off by the companies to not fuck with things so that they at least remain functional.
…for whose definition of functional? Because any additional overhead from having to bribe the government would inevitably impact customers. And while they’re at it, they might as well come up with more ways to be anti-consumer and the bribed government won’t stop them.
They might also just bend over to please their dictator instead of buying him off, so it’s not even a given thay they will keep him from interfering
I get your point about the current government situation though. I’m just not convinced replacing a corrupt private company with another not-yet-quite-as-corrupt private company from a different country would improve things in the long run.
…for whose definition of functional? Because any additional overhead from having to bribe the government would inevitably impact customers. And while they’re at it, they might as well come up with more ways to be anti-consumer and the bribed government won’t stop them.
They might also just bend over to please their dictator instead of buying him off, so it’s not even a given thay they will keep him from interfering
I get your point about the current government situation though. I’m just not convinced replacing a corrupt private company with another not-yet-quite-as-corrupt private company from a different country would improve things in the long run.