top | item 45751325 (no title) rxyz | 4 months ago Corporations used to not have that much political power discuss order hn newest krapp|4 months ago Corporations used to have their own militaries, they colonized entire nations and owned people. They underwrote kings and empires. int_19h|4 months ago While 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|4 months ago Yeah. The East India Company was famously powerless.
krapp|4 months ago Corporations used to have their own militaries, they colonized entire nations and owned people. They underwrote kings and empires. int_19h|4 months ago While 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.
int_19h|4 months ago While 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.
krapp|4 months ago
int_19h|4 months ago
Today, though, one can reasonably argue that megacorps have managed to successfully capture the most powerful government on Earth.
platevoltage|4 months ago