新帝国主义,政企综合体?
中国的崛起,未必是大家熟悉的纯国家体系政治主权。 *There is a concerted attack on the Googles, Amazons, Apples and Facebooks of this world by politicians across the planet*. To many of us, this seems like government’s desperately trying to protect their turf and maintain control. In modern times, most empires have a life span of around 100 years. The American Empire is about 100 years old and it is possible time is running out. *The obvious successor is China*, but perhaps the New Empire isn’t actually a nation-state? When it comes to modern power and control, there’s a transition taking place. Is the idea of a non-governmental entity controlling parts of the world really far fetched? Maybe there’s a better way to run the world? *The big players of the tech world, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Oracle, are all financial giants poised to wrestle control away from government.* Their combined total revenues are over US $801 billion....