The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

Power, in Case's world, meant corporate power. The zaibatsus, the multinationals that shaped the course of human history, had transcended old barriers. Viewed as organisms, they had attained a kind of immortality. You couldn't kill a zaibatsu by assassinating a dozen key executives; there were others waiting to step up the ladder, assume the vacated position, access the vast banks of corporate memory...

It may seem innocuous, but the government and private corporations could use these devices to track people's movements. It may sound paranoid, but this is bound to be abused.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

This is the first time that the festival is sponsored completely by local corporations, not the government.

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