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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This boy's never heard of the British East India Company

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

British East India Company

That is a state

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In that corporations can gain so much power there's no difference between them and a state?

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Any entity with a monopoly on violence is a state, or an agent of a state.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] aidan@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

What is a state then?