When Companies Ruled Empires: The EIC Story

The British East India Company started as a spice importer and ended up ruling 250 million people with its own army, courts, and tax system. In this episode, we trace how a trading venture became an empire, examine the pattern across other chartered companies like the Dutch VOC, and ask the uncomfortable question: are modern corporations — from private military contractors to Big Tech platforms — exercising similar forms of power today? Episode #704928 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/704928