Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project: It's "gross incompetence," or "gross disregard" for the law. Or both.

I used to wonder, when I was a kid what it would be like if somebody/company was rich enough to buy an entire country.

It’s not new. The Dutch East India Company was for all practical purposes in control of the Dutch government for decades, and did horrific things in countries around the world to great profit. Closer to home, “banana republic” was a real thing.

It’s disappointing it’s still so prevalent in the current day.