Corporate Entity Fights with Nation State: David Won Once
June 7, 2011
I enjoy myths from ancient times.A skinny guy gets sand kicked in his face. After buying dumb bells and pumping iron, the skinny guy beats the big bully into whining submission. However, in real life, the big outfits beat little outfits. David and Goliath I suppose.
I read “Chinese Media Calls Google a ‘Political Tool‘.” The main idea of the write up is that Google is like a pair of pliers or a paint brush. A sentient human uses a tool, which is inanimate, not too swift, and limited in function. I suppose one could call Google a Shopsmith, which is a multi function tool, but I am not sure that helps ameliorate the insult.
Now the David and Goliath thing. Google is a big outfit. But when compared to China, Google is not such a big deal. I have mentioned in my various writings and speeches that nation states have money, police, people who want to keep their present dwelling, and mobile death vans. Ah, you don’t know about mobile death vans. Well, fancy that. You can get some info from “China’s Mobile Death Fleet”.
My thought is that one needs to figure out who is a David and who is a Goliath. A quick differentiator is answering the question, “Who has a mobile death van?” Answer: Goliath.
Google has picked a fight with a country. Google blames that country for various alleged anti Google actions.
That Googley approach may work in Math Club but it doth have consequences in the realworld. Among the possible consequences I identified are a media battle, putting staff at risk, and getting up close and personal with some government employees with the focus of Qin Shi Huang’s staff. David is facing a Goliath with a mobile death van.
Will a sling do the job a second time?
Stephen E Arnold, June 7, 2011
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