On 31Aug2020 0513, Thomas RUX wrote:
> Halo David Johnson,
>
> IIRC on a small scale governance by company/corporation would be
> something like the early coal mining industry. The company/corporation
> owned the houses, stores, schools, churches, etc. The employees had no
> say in their pay, working hours, benefits, or working conditions. As
> long as the company/corporation did not break local or, in the case of
> the USA, federal laws they could and did get away with a lot of
> shenanigans.
Historically they could, and did, break state and federal laws quite
often. As long as the coal kept coming and news of these things never
got past 'vague rumours spread by lazy and discontent workers (probably
communists)' mine operators got away with murder. Literally.

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