to the best of my knowledge Google has not conquered a subcontinenthttps://twitter.com/primalpoly/status/950603966634631168 …
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@0Kultra@eigenrobot@drethelin And if Eigen is alluding to the East India Company I think it’s a bit of an unfair comparison as they were closer to a state than a modern company; empowered to wage war, take prisoners, etc.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
>empowered to wage war, take prisoners, etc exactly! GOOG can't do any of that. hardly qualifies as "most powerful" to say nothing about various historical mercenary groups which could sack the Googleplex easily, even pre-gunpowder ones I mean vikings were basically for profit
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Fair enough! Tho if the US gov sanctioned & supported Google’s warring abilities it may be a different story. But ya, seems indisputable that companies used to be more powerful, when they were more integrated w/ the state where they’re headquartered.
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Replying to @JinnAndSoda @eigenrobot and
Similar to Vikings, I can imagine an argument being made that the Templars essentially became a combination mercenarial/financial services company
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