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Nah, private companies have got involved in that kind of thing since forever: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by afandian 8y ago
Nah, private companies have got involved in that kind of thing since forever:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company
- denzil_correa 8y agoUFC : The Chiquita banana company who lobbied for the "1954 Guatemalan coup d'état" - an operation to overthrow the democratically elected Guatemalan government. Why? The elected president policies were a threat to UFC's exploitative labor practices. CIA involved, Guatemalan government overthrown, dictatorial rule, civil war for decades. The CIA even launched another operation to find the Soviet influence in Guatemala to justify the coup. The operation was a failure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27état https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27état
- pecg 8y agoAnd the same kind of practices where done in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Bolivia, Perú, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, to name a few.
- pm90 8y agoThe nice thing is that these wars are now fought in boardrooms rather than battlefields.
- nickpsecurity 8y agoAnd for the "fighting wars" part, let's not forget this one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Outcomes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Outcomes They were quite effective, too.