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But it's not just a corporation like any other. Governments/nations clearly have somewhat exalted privileges -- privileges which they claim by virtue of the consent of those people who their citizens. I don't buy that Ralph's Heating and Air is the same, just smaller and weaker.

consent of those people who their citizens

Shareholders.

Ralph's heating is a subsidiary.

Exalted

There's a top to every hierarchy, and through the millennia the number one indicator that determines whether a ruler is bad or good is if that ruler believes themselves to be subordinate to a higher power.

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