The rule of law is a check on power, requiring equal subjection of everyone to the law, irrespective of wealth or status. Power is not the exclusive preserve of the state, however, especially where rivalled by private entities that rise, in effect, above the law. Today’s tech giants throw the rule of law out of kilter by assuming the trappings of the state— one even has its own “supreme court”— while shunning its accountability. They seek to dissuade, capture and evade any attempt by the state to mitigate the harms arising from their business models. Policy makers scrambling for innovative legislative techniques are unlikely to repair the consequences of extreme concentration of corporate power so long as underlying social injustices and over-deference in democratic institutions go unchallenged. Leviathan, whether in the form of govern mentor corporation, cannot coexist with the rule of law.

中文翻译：

---

“商人伪装的国家”：科技巨兽与法治

法治是对权力的制约，要求每个人平等地服从法律，无论财富或地位如何。然而，权力并不是国家的专属保留地，尤其是在与实际上凌驾于法律之上的私人实体竞争的情况下。今天的科技巨头们通过假设国家的陷阱——一个甚至有自己的“最高法院”——而回避它的问责制，从而使法治失去了平衡。他们试图劝阻、捕捉和逃避国家为减轻其商业模式造成的危害而进行的任何尝试。只要潜在的社会不公正和民主制度中的过度尊重不受挑战，政策制定者争先恐后地寻求创新的立法技术就不可能修复公司权力极度集中的后果。利维坦，