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I mean, the East India Company is still a going concern. It's worrying on numerous levels.

• detritus 10y ago
  Oh dear. Go check what the 'modern East India Company' actually sells, who owns it and why he bought it.
  • kchoudhu 10y ago
    Oh, I know who owns it. Doesn't make the brand's continued existence any less repugnant. Think of it this way: do you think anyone could get away with selling Triangle Trade Rum?
• dingaling 10y ago
  It's hard to convey just how incredibly huge and powerful was the East India Company. For example, they used to donate their used time-served warships to the Royal Navy as an act of charity! The closest parallel today would probably be something like a merger between Halliburton and Academi, the varied enterprises of which profit hugely from foreign adventurism of their host state and which have autonomous military potential in excess of that of many countries. But even that would fall well short in terms of revenue. Perhaps throw Apple into that mix as well and you'd get close.