[warchild9]

Let’s face it: the days of fleets of aircraft carriers and mass formations of tanks are over. The days of corporate mercenary strike teams and cutting-edge surveillance mechanisms are here. The need for great nation-states is dying and the rule of amoral corporations is rapidly rising.

/Why, yes, I have been a cyberpunk fan for thirty years.
//Why, yes, Gibson was a prophet.
///Take a look around.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Wrong.

America is falling because we have sent our industry to China.

China now is the world’s largest exporter.

BRING BACK US INDUSTRY.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Your first sentence may be prophetic. Or maybe not. The same things were said in 1947.

[rmlew]

Let’s face it: the days of fleets of aircraft carriers and mass formations of tanks are over.

Until reality strikes again.
Carriers are independent airfields and are part of a strike group. They are utterly indefensible for power protection and air dominance. There is a reason why more countries are building aircraft carriers today than before. Within a decade, China and India will have fleet carriers and Britain and Brazil will return to having these.

and mass formations of tanks are over
Fools always fight the last war.

The need for great nation-states is dying and the rule of amoral corporations is rapidly rising.
Small wars are the norm until the a large war starts. Read history, not fantasy.

[redgolum]

Liked the “Shadowrun” version more.

Funny thing is the use of mercs is a sign of weakness and of coming upheaval. Once the State looses control of the monopoly of violence, it typically falls.