To build a significantly sized force

how do they not have as many recourses? how does the gov have

Because the government is an entire nation

What? Yes? And that is my point. They have a monopoly on basically everything. What stops them from going tyrannical. So to answer your other "question" about them nto being as effective. Those companies would be able to get to these resources, since nothing would stop them from getting them since they have incentives since competition. So they would be as effective as the government military

even more

probably

not probably for sure

since those companies have incentives and want their products to be sold, they have to innovate. thus get the resources needed

And where do they get all their manpower from?

I mean sure they can be quite technologically advanced

they already are in some areas

in brasil for an example

just like the gov gets them

Yeah but if your having large amounts of competition

Your gonna need a LOT more manpower

what why and how

Well who would you trust your security with

depends

The company with the largest/most effective army, correct?

sure

actually not really

Technological advancement would matter more

to em

and since theres that profit incentive

Largest & **Most effective**

right i thought you meant effective by their training skills etcv

That too

But technology as well

Anyways

So companies would always be competing to have the largest, most technologically advanced and most effective armies, correct?

largest would not matter

as much

whats the point of having an army of 5 million people who have no training skills and your company being shit technologically

Well you can be both, right?

Large and technologically advanced

they would have to allocate their resources intelligently

yes

you can#

but it would not matter as much

most of them would focus on their technological advancement and their training skiklls

Which brings up the question of nukes