inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoIt turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of itwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1437arrow-down11
arrow-up1436arrow-down1external-linkIt turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of itwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squareokamiueru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoWhat exactly about it is it you feel should be illegal?
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·edit-23 months agoForeign country buying a US corporation. Seems like their investment should be capped at like 15%
minus-squareBlaiz0r@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoUS companies by foreign companies all the time, look at the food and drink corporations. This is not a new or strange thing
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoExcept many foreign countries have stricter legal frameworks for corporations. The “corporations are people” legal fiction means they have rights here. Citizen’s United has fucked this country in profoundly dumb ways.
minus-squaregreenskye@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI’d think we’d be far more concerned about critical resource companies before we got to worrying about gaming companies, but we can’t even do that so I’m not surprised.
What exactly about it is it you feel should be illegal?
Foreign country buying a US corporation. Seems like their investment should be capped at like 15%
US companies by foreign companies all the time, look at the food and drink corporations.
This is not a new or strange thing
Except many foreign countries have stricter legal frameworks for corporations.
The “corporations are people” legal fiction means they have rights here. Citizen’s United has fucked this country in profoundly dumb ways.
I’d think we’d be far more concerned about critical resource companies before we got to worrying about gaming companies, but we can’t even do that so I’m not surprised.