A couple centuries ago sure, but big business threw all those out when they became too rich and powerful for a bunch of people whose only real threat was pushing around a bunch of paper. Like, come on. You're never going to get anything done like that.
[ Unfortunately the people who wound up taking over and staking out their own territories happened to be weapons' manufacturers so you can imagine how that went. ]
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[ Unfortunately the people who wound up taking over and staking out their own territories happened to be weapons' manufacturers so you can imagine how that went. ]