It’s always worth remembering that the term “Banana Republic” is as originally used to describe countries where the local government had been effectively taken

It’s always worth remembering that the term “Banana Republic” is as originally used to describe countries where the local government had been effectively taken over by United Fruit Company [1] to the extreme detriment of the local people. The lesson here is that you can’t trust large corporations to act ethically and if you can’t trust you need to regulate them. (That a clothing company rather insensitively chose Banana Republic as a trade name sort proves that you can’t legislate against bad taste). [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic