A Warning From History
The New East India Companies
The feeling in your gut is correct. The system is rigged.
You feel like a stranger in your own country, a subject rather than a citizen. You are not paranoid. You are simply remembering a history you were never taught.
The system of power we face today—a fusion of unaccountable corporate might and compromised state authority—is not new. It is a ghost. It is the modern incarnation of the very enemy our ancestors fought to create this nation: The British East India Company.
The Boston Tea Party was not a protest against taxes. It was a violent uprising against a state-sponsored, "too-big-to-fail" globalist corporation that was granted a monopoly by the government, which crushed local American businesses.
To understand the enemy we face today, you must understand the enemy they faced then. The parallels are not a coincidence; they are a blueprint.
THE ENEMY, THEN:
The British East India Company (c. 1773)
Its Power Came from the State: The Company's power began with a Royal Charter from the King of England, granting it an absolute, state-enforced monopoly on trade. It was not a product of the free market; it was a product of state privilege.
It Controlled Producers with Force and Coercion: To enforce its monopoly, the Company raised its own private army of 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British Army. It used this force to crush competitors and lock producers like weavers and farmers into coercive, one-sided contracts that trapped them in debt.
It Was Bailed Out By Government: After decades of corruption and mismanagement, the Company faced bankruptcy. The British government intervened and passed the Tea Act of 1773, a direct bailout that gave the Company an unfair advantage in the American colonies, intending to save the corporation at the expense of its subjects.
Its Justification Was a Lie: The Company claimed its rule was part of a great "Civilising Mission," bringing order and development to the world. In reality, it was an extractive enterprise that de-industrialized India and left famine in its wake.
THE ENEMY, NOW:
The Corporate State (c. Today)
Its Power Comes from the State: The power of modern giants like BlackRock and Bayer-Monsanto begins with state-sanctioned monopolies. This power is granted through intellectual property law that allows them to patent life itself, and through captured regulatory agencies that write rules in their favor.
It Controls Producers with Debt and Coercion: The modern Corporate State uses the force of one-sided contracts and crushing debt. Agricultural giants like Tyson Foods lock farmers into a state of neo-serfdom through a "tournament system" that pits neighbor against neighbor and ensures farmers remain perpetually in debt for the barns and equipment the company demands.
It Is Bailed Out By Government: After the 2008 financial crisis, the U.S. government passed the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), injecting billions into firms like State Street. In the 2020 crisis, the Federal Reserve gave BlackRock a no-bid contract to manage its corporate bond bailout programs, which then used taxpayer-backed funds to purchase BlackRock's own financial products.
Its Justification Is a Lie: The modern Corporate State claims its consolidation brings "Efficiency," "Innovation," and is necessary for "Feeding the World". In reality, it has led to the destruction of the family farm, the hollowing out of rural America, and the greatest transfer of wealth to the top in human history.
The names have changed. The technology has changed. The methods have not.
They want you to believe the fight is Left vs. Right. They want you distracted by political theater and culture wars. But the real fight is the same one our ancestors fought.
It is The People vs. The New East India Companies. This is the continuation of the American Revolution.
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I love a little historical context, because then and now we're fighting for much the same things. I wrote a "happy birthday, America" piece last month that talked about the Declaration of Independence and our grievances against the King, and it's like reading the news in 2025. We've come full-circle, and here we are again. Thank you for sharing!
“They want you to believe the fight is Left vs. Right. They want you distracted by political theater and culture wars. But the real fight is the same one our ancestors fought.”
Great perspective. I think we’re also refighting the Civil War. I’d highly recommend Heather Cox Richardson’s book “How the South Win the Civil War”.