Day 246 of #countdowntothedarkfuture. The shadow war turns hot and data goes funky. Whatever could be the cause?
Rache Bartmoss brings the DataKrash on day 247 of #countdowntothedarkfuture.
Day 248 of #countdowntothedarkfuture. The 4th Corporate War hits LA, Chicago, and space!
Day 249 of the #countdowntothedarkfuture and the war rolls on. We're hitting all the high notes! From the NET to Hong Kong to space!
Day 250 of #countdowntothedarkfuture interrupts the 4th Corporate War with the Seven Hour War!
Things have been weird at RTG East HQ, so we've fallen behind on #countdowntothedarkfuture. Let's catch up! Days 252 to 255 continue our deep dive into the 4th Corporate War!
Day 256 of #countdowntothedarkfuture continues to explore the other Megacorps during the 4th Corporate Wars. Today, PetroChem, SovOil, and Trauma Team!
Day 257 of #countdowntothedarkfuture! What were WorldSat, ZetaTech, and Lazarus up to during the 4th Corporate War?
Day 258 of #countdowntothedarkfuture. We're ending the 4th Corporate War and moving towards the end of the 2020 era.
Day 259 of #countdowntothedarkfuture brings the fighting to Night City.
Day 260 of #countdowntothedarkfuture! The US and Militech on one side. Arasaka on the other. Who will win the final conflict of the 4th Corporate War?
If you answered no one, you're probably right...
If you answered no one, you're probably right...
Mmm.. but bring private armies and multi-billion dollars worth of own currencies into the mix and you can't distinguish one from the other.
Sorta.
When it comes to force (i.e. police and military) ONLY a national government can "afford" to field one because Corps are ultimately all about the bottom line. Even with a nearly shattered economy taxes are a larger source of income then any Corp can ever manage.
YES!
Micro nations and those that are dirt poor may, and do, have less income then some regions/states/corps but those are the exception. A major nation (US, Russia, China, etc.) is in no danger of being outmatched by any corp when it comes to ultimate "authority"; I.E. "Do what we say or else".
Probably. Not so much for someone like Arasaka though. They regularly lease their police force and even manage police activities in several large cities whithout actually requesting payment, instead opting for voting rights and influencing local policies and laws.
And it took something as modern and well trained and equipped as the Japanese Self Defence force to defeat the Arasaka para-military forces.
Day 261 of #countdowntothedarkfuture examines the Night City stand-off from Arasaka's perspective.
That's exactly my point.
A private/corporate "army" can certainly be a major player on the international scene. Why go to the trouble, expense, and vast amounts time (training, setting up command/logistic/communications.etc. systems) if you only need to "persuade" someone occasionally, hire mercenaries. But any major nation (Japan in your example) needs a standing army sufficient to protect itself and it's national interests. And a competent army ain't cheap and takes time.
Look at real world China, they REALLY want to be a major player on the high seas but it takes time and lots of money to build ships. And just having ships is fairly meaningless until you have trained crews to man them, it takes time and experience to generate a Chief Petty Officer or a competent Admiral. So you can maybe build a navy in 10-20 years, then it takes another 20 (minimum) to crew it with competent sailors.
No corp is going to invest that much for that long.
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