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Mistletoe 19 hours ago

>What’s cool about the Dutch East India Company and Standard Oil is that there will never be another company like those two. They are true trailblazers in so many ways.

evidencetamper 19 hours ago | parent [-]

What do you mean by that? I don't understand the comparison, but would like to. Is it about monopoly?

pickdan 18 hours ago | parent [-]

It's just a joke about the ridiculousness that large economy dominating companies can't possibly be replaced and will last forever. Thus, instead of modern companies they give the example of two titans of vintage corporate might (one from several centuries ago and one more recent, just a century ago) are used instead. Ah, Hubris.