For extra credit now (an open-ended question): what are activist groups/scholars/journalists doing to comprehend and contest the "superpower" influence of these private companies with government-conferred power?
(Hint: 1. the answer is not "nothing" and 2. I don't know the answer. That's why I'm asking.) Organizing to free Mumia? (Sorry. We kid because we love.) No, the answer is global regulation, notwithstanding the problem that we can't get national regulation. mbs
