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Pretty much everything Academi/Xe/Blackwater ever did was at the behest of the US government. GP was talking about a scenario such as Apple hiring Academi to d
by parsimo2010 7y ago
Pretty much everything Academi/Xe/Blackwater ever did was at the behest of the US government. GP was talking about a scenario such as Apple hiring Academi to destroy Samsung's factories.
So far we have private companies providing security/defensive services, but we have yet to see private companies providing mercenary/offensive services without the explicit involvement of a government.
- isostatic 7y ago> but we have yet to see private companies providing mercenary/offensive services without the explicit involvement of a government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company
- parsimo2010 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company#Regulating_Acts_of_Parliament https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company#Regulating_... The British empire was explicitly on board with the East India Company, and passed laws clarifying what they were allowed to do.
- falcor84 7y agoThe date it was founded (31 December 1600) is the date it received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I.
- moogly 7y agoPinkerton?
- azernik 7y agoThe Pinkertons are considered the epitome of the "Wild West" - that is, the total lack of state control of law and order in the American West. Their intervention in strikes in the East is, to put it mildly, not a good example of law and order and a functioning state.