From the Wikipedia article on Dutch East India Company: "The company has been criticised for its monopolistic policy, exploitation, colonialism, uses of violen

From the Wikipedia article on Dutch East India Company: "The company has been criticised for its monopolistic policy, exploitation, colonialism, uses of violence, and slavery." I'm pretty sure many of the today's companies would do just as well or even better if they could have their own military force and free ticket on slavery.