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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by La1n on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @05:50AM (#23688390)
>Corporations as a rule, and there have been exceptions, but as a rule have none of those powers. Theoretically the worst crimes they’re going to commit are fraudulent in nature and crimes of negligence.

Not that clear cut. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars

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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by SllX on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @06:01AM (#23688452)
Gonna have to emphasize that bit where I said there are exceptions a bit louder then, but this isn’t one of them. That was an imperialist project prosecuted by United States Military under the direction of the United States civilian government.

I was thinking more about companies that have actually had militaries, the Dutch East India Company being a prime example.

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