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Dutch East India Company - The original corporate raiders.

MASS ATROCITIES!

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They are the Bug Bad Evil in my pirate themed DnD campaign. Or a proxy of them at least. What better justification for becoming a pirate than them? To quote a real pirate captain from the 1700, “They rob the poor under cover of law, we plunder the rich under the cover of our own courage.”

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That’s a 10/10 quote

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came here to say this. though if American slave traders had actually been a unified corporation I’d be pointing at them.

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And no. 2 is The British East India Company

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Yea I probably got them mixed up. The British one is what I meant. It’s probably number 1?

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No lol you are right, the Dutch one was worse

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