#murderbot: (6 of 6) It's not a perfect analogy. The US has more internal conflicts and less centralized control than the Corporate Rim. But the direction they're heading in makes me… twitchy. If I cared, which I don't.

Honestly, it's exhausting to observe and I have new media downloaded...

#murderbot: (5 of 6) The humans running things seem to be willingly handing over control, believing that diplomacy will work. ( I'm with ART on this one; sometimes you need to be prepared to fight back. )

#murderbot: So, yeah, parallels to the Company? Present and accounted for. Are they creating a Corporate Rim? Not exactly. There isn't the same level of clear spatial delineation. But there's a definite trend toward increasing corporate power and decreasing governmental oversight, which is alarming.

#murderbot: (3 of 6) (Reminds me of ART's rant about the Preservation Alliance's naive belief that corporates can be reasoned with. They can't. ) The pursuit of profit often outweighs ethical considerations, leading to…suboptimal outcomes for most of the population.

#murderbot: (2 of 6) The level of inefficiency is astounding. They have rules, but they seem to regard them as…suggestions? The influence of corporations is pervasive, bordering on symbiotic.