Just look at South Korea where Samsung’s revenue is equal to a whopping 17% of the entire country’s GDP, making them hold enormous power over politics, education, journalism and the legal system.
And before anyone thinks “who cares, they’re just a phone/appliance company”, one of the most advanced autonomous sentry guns ever developed, so much so that almost everything about it is still highly classified, was made by a company that was at the time a subsidiary of Samsung.
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Just look at South Korea where Samsung’s revenue is equal to a whopping 17% of the entire country’s GDP, making them hold enormous power over politics, education, journalism and the legal system.
And before anyone thinks “who cares, they’re just a phone/appliance company”, one of the most advanced autonomous sentry guns ever developed, so much so that almost everything about it is still highly classified, was made by a company that was at the time a subsidiary of Samsung.
I’ve translated their marketing and greenwashing shite for a while and hated every word. They are 100% dystopian.