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[[File:Caldari_State_104.jpg|link=Eve Online|right|Yes, their flag is a copyright sign. (Or a euro sign, depending on which way you look at it)]]
[[File:Caldari_State_104.jpg|link=Eve Online|frame|Yes, their flag is a copyright sign. (Or a euro sign, depending on which way you look at it)]]




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* The emirate of Dubai is run very much like a business enterprise based around tourism, trade, and finance.
* The emirate of Dubai is run very much like a business enterprise based around tourism, trade, and finance.
* [[Anarchy Is Chaos|Anarchists]] and left Marxists say that so-called "socialist" or "communist" states are nothing of the sort, instead terming both them and fascist regimes State Capitalist, because they become this. In fact, both Marx and Lenin ''admired'' large monopolistic business for increasing efficiency! Basically, they just did this with the state, coming at it by the opposite route. This seems true, because workers are for damn sure ''not'' in control of those states.
* [[Anarchy Is Chaos|Anarchists]] and left Marxists say that so-called "socialist" or "communist" states are nothing of the sort, instead terming both them and fascist regimes State Capitalist, because they become this. In fact, both Marx and Lenin ''admired'' large monopolistic business for increasing efficiency! Basically, they just did this with the state, coming at it by the opposite route. This seems true, because workers are for damn sure ''not'' in control of those states.
* In the USA in the 19th century, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town Company Towns] were commonplace. They had their own money (chits) their own stores, and their own lenders, among numerous other things. Their excesses helped fuel the rise of Labor Unions. And inspired the song "Sixteen Tons" (with a part of the chorus going ''"St. Peter don't you call me/'Cause I can't go/I owe my soul/To the Company Store."'') They were forcibly publicized after one entire company town (Pullman, Illinois) disrupted pretty much the entire rail industry during its riotous strike.
* In the USA in the 19th century, [[wikipedia:Company town|Company Towns]] were commonplace. They had their own money (chits) their own stores, and their own lenders, among numerous other things. Their excesses helped fuel the rise of Labor Unions. And inspired the song "Sixteen Tons" (with a part of the chorus going ''"St. Peter don't you call me/'Cause I can't go/I owe my soul/To the Company Store."'') They were forcibly publicized after one entire company town (Pullman, Illinois) disrupted pretty much the entire rail industry during its riotous strike.
* The old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congo Congo Free State]. The people of Belgium were adamantly -against- joining the imperialism game, so King Leopold pulled some strings to have the whole thing done as a private enterprise initiative, turning the land into private grounds with a captive workforce that took in chains, ammo and mercenaries and churned out ivory and corpses.
* The old [[wikipedia:Belgian Congo|Congo Free State]]. The people of Belgium were adamantly -against- joining the imperialism game, so King Leopold pulled some strings to have the whole thing done as a private enterprise initiative, turning the land into private grounds with a captive workforce that took in chains, ammo and mercenaries and churned out ivory and corpses.
* Interestingly the actual political concept of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism Corporatism]—most notable for its association with fascism—is something completely different.
* Interestingly the actual political concept of [[wikipedia:Corporatism|Corporatism]]—most notable for its association with fascism—is something completely different.


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