re: #100 JordanRules

Very true. I think it’s alarming to this Canadian gentleman cause Amazon isn’t a Canadian company.

But your point is made here too:

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And of course the ultimate corporatation-as-nation-state-and-colonial-power:

The East India Company was a private company owned by stockholders and reporting to a board of directors in London. Originally formed as a monopoly on trade, it increasingly took on governmental powers with its own army and judiciary. It seldom turned a profit, as employees diverted funds into their own pockets. The British government had little control, and there was increasing anger at the corruption and irresponsibility of Company officials or “nabobs” who made vast fortunes in a few years.