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> “Do I want to create the first venture-backed city-state? Hell yeah”

Ahem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies

And we all know how well that turned out for the locals.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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