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by krapp 231 days ago
Corporations used to have their own militaries, they colonized entire nations and owned people. They underwrote kings and empires.
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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.