This trope sounds very similar to the trope Evil, Inc.. Should they be Incorporated?
Do we actually have a set of criteria or something to determine whether a corporation counts as a MegaCorp?
Like if it's got a private army, monopolizes one or more products, runs One Nation Under Copyright?
I think this article needs to be rewritten, by someone who *isn't* a fairly obvious Capitalist. ;)
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Indeed. Seriously, "some corporations engage in unethical practices or political influence"? Try virtually all. Even if they don't engage in any unethical practices, you can bet your a** that they have political influence (not that I necessarily blame them for that, though). That said, nearly all large corporations regularly engage in unethical practices of varying degrees and frequencies, and they all have political influence, often substantial influence.
There's a reason that examples of this trope are, at best, somewhat benign. When a megacorporation owns you, your property, and does not answer to you or anyone you know, then you're living in a Crapsack World. Really, the more a MegaCorp approaches "benevolence", the more it becomes a "government" instead of a "corporation". That's because governments, generally and ideally, hold the welfare of their people as top priority, while corporations are often legally obligated to hold maximizing profits/share price as their top priority.
I mean, sure, a dictatorship where a single person rules with absolute authority might be benevolent, but that's rarely the case, and if that one person turns out to not be so benevolent, you really don't have a say in the matter—as opposed to more democratic systems.
The MegaCorp that make the mutants in Prototype. I'll be damned if I can remember their name (haven't played it) but they fit the mega corp perfectly.
Anyone else here think that the Weyland-Yutani logo would make for a good page image?
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TriOptimum ads, maybe? There was something on "how cool we are", IIRC.
Edited by TBeholder ...And even I make no pretense Of having more than common sense - R.W.Wood
These could be great ideas or terrible ones. I don't really know since I don't know what the images you're describing look like.
See you in the discussion pages.
Just noticed this discussion, actually put the "Weyland-Yutani Corp" logo up a week or so ago. Great minds think alike haha.
Edited by Nuxx The planet is fine. The people are f**ked. - George Carlin
No IRL corps? No East India British? New Your Stock Exchange xD? "Wall Street"
Where's Exxon Mobile? Nestle? If things were different General Motors? HEIL RIECH!!! lol