margotim not sure corporations have really changed like... at all? since the british east india company
Greenseer (Dionne) 🩷🐇🏳️⚧️@emaytch Well, I guess they've changed in the sense that, like our former American colonies, they have grown in power, achieved complete independence, and now dominate us entirely. But no, their modus operandi hasn't changed a bit
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Ted Mielczarek@emaytch the Anglo-Persian Oil Company did a coup on Iran when they nationalized the oil industry. That corporation still exists today as BP.
@emaytch that's the 1953 coup, not to be confused with the 1921 coup which also had British involvement: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
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bovaz@emaytch I don't know. I think they actually, on average, got much worse, but you are probably right that it's not a change in "quality" as much as a change in "quantity".
Aidia
Matt Godden@emaytch the British East India company didn't let anyone join the service after the age of 16, and 2/3 of new employees were dead after 24 months, half of those after the first 12 months.
I'm sure most companies now would be against the employee mortality, training new people is spectacularly expensive.
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Rev.Dr. Nikolai Kingsleythey have evolved, physically - they use the internet rather than men on horseback. in terms of morals, they're still sociopaths.
🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦@emaytch Well, they no longer need individual charters for narrow purposes from governments…
(that change was not for the better)
(that change was not for the better)
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A lot of them seem to be going into the West India Company direction, but yes.
(It was a scam from the outset and burst a bubble that the UK is still paying off debts for.)
A lot of them seem to be going into the West India Company direction, but yes.
(It was a scam from the outset and burst a bubble that the UK is still paying off debts for.)