Consider the British East India Conpany, which at its peak controlled a vast territory and had an army larger than the British government’s. For smaller, more

Consider the British East India Conpany, which at its peak controlled a vast territory and had an army larger than the British government’s. For smaller, more common examples, look at the history of company towns and union busting. Companies these days exert control by manipulating the power of the state because the state usually won’t allow them to exert control more directly. Nothing says it must stay this way.