• Pringles@sopuli.xyz
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    14 hours 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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      13 hours 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.