It’s honestly wild when people talk about Ballanization as if it could be a good thing. It’s not some magic fairytale word. It happened. It led to some incredibly bloody conflicts.
Though imo, I think Dems would be the least of our problems. If the state falls apatt, I think it’s more likely the corporation simply sieze direct control.
Corporations themselves lack the will and intelligence to control a state directly. This isn’t Cyberpunk. Corporations need states, not the other way around. What’s more likely is one specific oligarch taking control by using their wealth and connections to boost their campaign and running a populist platform (what do you think “benevolent” billionaire Tom Steyer was up to in California’s gubernatorial race?)
This is distinctly different to a corporation seizing control, because the former oligarch is a dictator first and an oligarch second. Unless bloodline royalty sees a long term cultural resurgence, they cannot build anything past their own lifetime, especially with how volatile the current situation is.
It’s honestly wild when people talk about Ballanization as if it could be a good thing. It’s not some magic fairytale word. It happened. It led to some incredibly bloody conflicts.
Though imo, I think Dems would be the least of our problems. If the state falls apatt, I think it’s more likely the corporation simply sieze direct control.
Corporations themselves lack the will and intelligence to control a state directly. This isn’t Cyberpunk. Corporations need states, not the other way around. What’s more likely is one specific oligarch taking control by using their wealth and connections to boost their campaign and running a populist platform (what do you think “benevolent” billionaire Tom Steyer was up to in California’s gubernatorial race?)
This is distinctly different to a corporation seizing control, because the former oligarch is a dictator first and an oligarch second. Unless bloodline royalty sees a long term cultural resurgence, they cannot build anything past their own lifetime, especially with how volatile the current situation is.