• Pringles@sopuli.xyz
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        18 days ago

        I always thought those scifi stories where companies basically rule everything were overblown, but you just see it changing to that in real time.

        • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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          18 days ago

          It happened before, it could and is happening again. The East India Trading Company was the most profitable company in the world after looting and conquering India for a while before the British government formally took over.