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For Titanic somebody claimed that is was practically unsinkable: "God himself could not sink this ship!" ... and we know what happened...

• alangibson 5y ago
  The Dutch East India Company was worth around 6B adjusted dollars. Where are they now... Obviously Amazon is not invincible, but it's hard to imagine a scenario where they get beaten. It's going to take the ground shifting out from under them.
  • oblio 5y ago
    > The Dutch East India Company was worth around 6B adjusted dollars. Here, you dropped 3 zeroes: 6T.
    • mrfusion 5y ago
      Is that true? What happened?
      • oblio 5y ago
        > Known under the initials VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie), the Dutch East India Company would be worth about $7.8 trillion today.