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Google would absolutely employ violence to defend its profits if it felt that its profits were seriously under threat and it thought violence was a viable tactic. It isnt. It's very far away from that. These things are a nuisance to them no more.

The united fruit company paid for paramilitaries to assassinate strikers in Central America.

This is a world away from dropping a brick on a taxi because your livelihood is under threat.




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