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by taylodl 1097 days ago
I'm not disagreeing with you but I'm curious as to who's on your short list of most evil company's in history?
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The short version are all of the "X East India Companies" that were formed in Europe that effected much of the West colonizing Asia. The list of atrocities is immense.

Exxon and Texaco (now Chevron) would also be high on the list.

I want to be clear: I am absolutely not giving Microsoft a pass here. They've done quite a lot of bad. But they're a relatively new kid on the block vis-a-vis other companies out there.

PS. Within tech, I would also say that Oracle might top the list of 'evil companies' - but in their case, they really seem to actively embrace it (not that that's a good thing).

Completely forgot about the "X East India Companies"!