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Corporations used to not have that much political power
by rxyz 11mo ago
Corporations used to not have that much political power
- krapp 11mo agoCorporations used to have their own militaries, they colonized entire nations and owned people. They underwrote kings and empires.
- int_19h 11mo agoWhile this is all true, they were limited to targeting smaller, less economically developed nations, where a private army was sufficient. Today, though, one can reasonably argue that megacorps have managed to successfully capture the most powerful government on Earth.
- platevoltage 11mo agoYeah. The East India Company was famously powerless.