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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by isostatic on Saturday September 14, 2019 @12:52PM (#20972043)
> but we have yet to see private companies providing mercenary/offensive services without the explicit involvement of a government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company

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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by parsimo2010 on Saturday September 14, 2019 @01:18PM (#20972275)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company#Regulating_...

The British empire was explicitly on board with the East India Company, and passed laws clarifying what they were allowed to do.

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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by falcor84 on Saturday September 14, 2019 @01:22PM (#20972303)
The date it was founded (31 December 1600) is the date it received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I.
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