I like this game. Let's continue.

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

Nope, there's absolutely nothing that could go wrong here.

Here's one in the US: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Company

The 90% death rate in the first two years is really impressive.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21824178

It's their plain for the whole planet, basically.

In fact it's what the whole idea of "smashing the state" has been about all along.

You would need a private military for that.

You’re in luck! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi

Also, this story is wild: https://theintercept.com/2019/05/03/erik-prince-trump-uae-pr...

We’ve seen a bit of this domestically too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_scrip

Well, I am glad I work in medical devices. Vouchers for stents or pacemakers probably won’t be very attractive.

Scrip is certainly not limited to the products a company produces. In the states it was lumber and mining companies but the stores offered whatever people needed.

This is kind of the worst part- that they lack the historical literacy to recognize that they wouldn't even be the first. And they'll just dive headlong into it.

And in a similar vein John Company taking over India