It's a very banana republicy thing and not uniquely American.

subarctic 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well, banana republics are run by American companies from what i understand

Sl1mb0 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Lol do you know how the term "Banana Republic" originated

	▲	esafak 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, of course. There's a whole wikipedia article on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic Modern usage is not about fruit companies.