• PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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    1 day ago

    Explanation: The British East India Company was a British corporation which, in the 1700s and 1800s, managed to worm itself into power over most of the Indian subcontinent, ruling over Indian kings and princes - including a company army that was larger than the actual British army. Talk about regulatory capture!