I read io9 because i love scifi and fantasy. This article does not belong on io9.

So where’s the plagiarism aside from the five words “back to you... the people”?

“To be perfectly honest, the practical difficulties of having a guy who doesn’t have a hand is extremely complicated in the comic and would be impossible in the show.”

The fear is that a corporation gains enough power and influence over the government to the point that there is no difference between the two. At that point they remove the ability for you to not do business with them, and can prevent competition from ever forming.

“The thing is a church subsists off voluntarily contributions and can do nothing but guilt you into filling a pew. You volunteer for it.”