@andthisismrspeacock Below is the flag of the British East India Company. Note its similarity to the US flag. At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world and had its own armed forces of 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British Army. The company tortured people to extract taxes. They reduced populations to poverty, and their policies resulted in the Great Bengal Famine of 1770, during which 10 million people starved to death. We learned from the best.