How A Corporation Conquered A Sub-Continent

[@AlternateHistoryHub]

So doing video's a bit different. Instead of doing, an alternate history video with half history, then alternate. I decided to do two full videos about the same topic. One history. One alternate history. That way I can full flesh out both parts, without sacrificing for the sake of time. While right now this is just the history. The next video "What if Britain Never Took Over India?", will be a lot more fleshed out of a scenario. And will come out far sooner, since I have already done the research, made assets, etc.

[@jeremiah7913]

This has to be a good vid, if not I’m unsubbing (first)

[@taptiotrevizo9415]

Wow like this format

[@primusvsunicron1]

AlternateHistoryHub like the United Arabia videos

[@nuip7936]

cool

[@TheRenegade...]

Something tells me this is going to be a new pattern. United Middle East, Afghanistan, and now this.

[@insulam821]

When people say the Trade Federation from Star Wars is unrealistic because no company would ever use military force for commercial gain. *Laughs in East India Company* (either British or Dutch)

[@weldonwin]

Eh, I was thinking they were more like Weyland-Yutani, what with them funding, building and wholly owning colonies

[@peloncito_5987]

*Laughs in Pepsi fleet*

[@itsblitz4437]

What dummies.

[@negativezero8174]

Literally who says that?

[@sethleoric2598]

@@negativezero8174 some guys at the Templin Institute i think

[@stevenwills4660]

Pope gives Portugal half the world Protestants: "it's free real estate".

[@ls200076]

Dutch: I see money and capitalism.

[@animatedfun1803]

Anyone here know how I can contact Cody so he can do a video on my alternate history question

[@forestmann8170]

gimme da lut

[@supapatty9607]

@Gods Bloody Hammer press X to doubt

[@shlomomarkman6374]

It was more complicated but the sequence should be familiar to any EU3/4 player. Portugal used their king as general before a heir appeared. Then they lost him and the dinastic marriage with Spain activated and forced them into a PU. Then Spain demanded annexation and Portugal revolted putting a low legitimacy leader. They won the war but through the whole 86 year ordeal they were too distracted from proper imperial defence

[@ossi_2429]

Cody: posting normal history content Tyler: having an acid trip over on “knowledge”hub

[@stefan6347]

Tyler has ascended

[@Deathworks1]

Facts

[@nexusanphans3813]

What's wrong with him? Also were the two the same?

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

@@nexusanphans3813 Knowledge hub used to belong to the same guy on this channel but he gave it to his Brother Tyler I believe

[@thelastcoolguyonearth4858]

@@BigBangAttack-mt6pz I thought Tyler always made the scripts and stuff on that channel, and Cody was just the voice?

[@smeggy32]

Cody: 'But the drive to split Africa was mostly just to fill a map'. Me, a Victoria 2 player: 'Yep, that sounds about right'.

[@smitty1647]

i presume they lost all their holdings when they got to the San Fierro part of the story

[@thesherlockhound]

"Though as our story opens, he no more knows his destiny than a tea leaf knows the history of the East India Company." -Douglas Adams

[@heathenfire]

That's a very nice quote

[@thesherlockhound]

@@heathenfire Yes. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a great book/radio series

[@concept5631]

​@@thesherlockhound From my experience on the internet, it seems HGttG is made of nothing but banger quotes.

[@matchesburn]

2:04 "And especially the tea" Gee, I wonder which European nation wanted as much of that commodity as they could get... I'm convinced Britain could've landed on the moon had someone convinced them the best tea ever imagined grows there.

[@alexsiemers7898]

I don’t think they’d make tea, instead they’d make... Moonshine

[@bosstoober8782]

@@alexsiemers7898 It's made of cheese, and there was a "grand (or great?) day out" to get said cheese

[@MatthewBaxter88]

Tea on the moon u say? *begins building rocket*

[@IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou]

I mean I would

[@ronjayrose9706]

They could conquer the universe if you told them it was made of coffee beans and sugar

[@antihackjeje4294]

"CyberPunk is so unrealistic, there's no way a company can take over and run a entire country" Me:

[@TheRezro]

That was before Trump 0_0

[@itsblitz4437]

Um....look at the US now? The corporations taken over the US.

[@TheRezro]

@@itsblitz4437 Gladly capitalism can negate oligarchic overlords if they aren't completely separated from market realism like in Russia. American economical decline become visible issue nowadays.

[@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215]

well, they didnt. for many of their conquestzs they relied on the british navy and army to help them fighting. and i would say they were able to run an entire country. evidence suggests otherwise.

[@TheRezro]

@@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215 What many pseudo-capitalists don't understand, or worst. Does, but pretend to be dumb. Is that corporations are extremely good in maximizing profits, but healthy economy demand competition and without it corporations become inefficient (what we for example see in oligarchic Russia, where government control market through Licensed monopolies). Monopoly is most anti-capitalistic practice in existence and healthy economy demand regulations from wise government to keep it that way. At the same time corporations with they predatory practices, actually proved to be absolute failures outside sheltered markets. Real politic is based on balance of power, basically keeping everyone happy though systematic regulations (it is also why despite its flaws democracy work so well). When corporations with they mentality basically are guaranteed to piss everyone. It is why business-politic relations are not only toxic, but in many countries downright illegal. United States become so used to be always the correct one, that politicians literally start ignoring when they aren't. And nowadays it is almost obvious that wild capitalism and corporationism are failed systems.

[@iliketrains0pwned]

1720: "Our company has it's own military" - East India Company 2020: "Our company IS IT'S OWN MILITARY" - modern PMCs

[@powerist209]

Well, modern PMCs are basically security details. East India Company is more of a polity who had local governments--aka Rajas--helping with administration (sometimes even the company officers adopted local customs like polygamy and marrying into Indian families).

[@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215]

by 1720 the ..military'' force of the EIC just involved a few garrisons, you know protecting the factories and suchg. they were far from having a real army at that point.

[@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215]

@@powerist209 not quite. at first the eic was just an ally supporting local rulers but with time they stripped many indian rulers of their rights and privileges. either an indian ruler became a powerless puppet or was annexed entirely.

[@nathaniellindner313]

The EIC eventually controlled more soldiers than the entire British standing army. The EIC was maximum cyberpunk.

[@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215]

@@nathaniellindner313 Not at all points. The EIC began heavily recruiting from 1760 onwards. if my memory serves right, by 1805 they had around 120k troops, mostly sepoys ofc. The did not quite match the british army in numbers, i think they 'only' surpassed them around the time of waterloo 1815 and after that. Id have to check the numbers again if youre interested. But its not like they alsways had this giant corporate army up their sleeve.

[@-socialcredit]

"Apple is the first Trillion Dollar Company" East India Company: *am i a joke to you?*

[@princeofelsweyr8099]

GazB adjusted for today's values.....

[@alucard347]

@GazB there is a difference between value and earnings.

[@gabor7524]

Vinito Rahmat nice pfp😄

[@josephD32]

Do you even East India, bro?

[@marem3038]

@GazB Dumb

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

“It’s nothing personal, Jack. It’s just good business.” ~Lord Cutler Beckett, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

[@ra_alf9467]

Lord Cutler Beckett, from *East* India Company. And he lives in Port Royal, Jamaika

[@count487]

Well we are East of India, just the long way round

[@TheLagiacrus1]

@@ra_alf9467 The East India Company did expand to the Caribbean, though I'm fuzzy on the timeline

[@ra_alf9467]

@@TheLagiacrus1 Ikr. When I watch the movie, I'm always thinking, the protagonist is a Caribbean pirate, the main setting is on Caribbean sea, but the enemy is EAST INDIA COMPANY

[@Archon3960]

Genius line.

[@geemcspankinson]

Modern corporations: Write that down! Write that down!

[@Fractal821]

*n O*

[@SirHusky654]

They already did. What the hell do you think modern globalism is?

[@Valencetheshireman927]

Economic expansion

[@loki2240]

Bringing freedom and democracy to a cheap labor market with valuable natural resources near you...

[@Uberkatze-]

le epic meymey xDDDDDDDDD

[@natxian7236]

Cody: [mentions the VOC] Me: G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@tomassanz2003]

Ich bin whilem

[@jaypeters21]

@@tomassanz2003 That's german

[@KC2761-d5x]

Z E G M A K K E R

[@redornament3248]

Pretty much one of the first companies in the world to get filthy rich and to design their first logo

[@Jackjones78189]

Gekoloniseerd

[@tarangrajvanshi]

"The reason the sun never set on the British Empire is because even God doesn't trust the British in the dark"

[@Waftey]

Bravo six, going dark -Random very cool bearded SAS captain

[@nayankalitadualcitizen]

Rofl, good one.

[@ketanrajani948]

Shashi Tharoor : This mutiny for the sole aversion to one's right to copyright of its intellectual ability is just applaulingly stoop on the spectrum of respect of formal codes . Normal person : This was said by shashi he might have had the copyright for that line

[@Waftey]

@@ketanrajani948 wut?

[@DanielYadgaroff]

Damnnn. Savage

[@lucasl4644]

“Even better tea” Me a British person watching this with a tea in his hand Approve

[@estout324]

*A video about a corporation who ruled India* India: whew, good thing it's only "Alternate History", wait...

[@prashr4075]

epic dude

[@jayvis123111]

It's cool, Ghandi will tooooooootally not show up only to kneecap a genuine independence movement and make a new deal with the empire that was still devastating for all of India.

[@AnuragDDethe]

@@jayvis123111 Are you Indian? Your knowledge of Gandhi's idiocy and adamance makes me believe so but your spelling of Gandhi makes me believe otherwise.

[@jayvis123111]

@@AnuragDDethe FFFFFFF I'm illiterate, no I'm Canadian I just have an interest in decolonization and Gandhi* is well known and well regarded.

[@devansh3700]

@@jayvis123111 wow I'm amazed people are aware of Gandhi's misadventures instead of portraying him as a God

[@JamesTilsley1]

“It’s just.. Good business”

[@twistednateproductions8136]

James Tilsley proceeds to get fucking destroyed by two magic ships

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Wake up Grenadier, we got a City to burn

[@MRCSANY]

“I was just a businessman, doing business.”

[@somestupido6293]

Preparing my underground bunker for when history repeats and Disney tries to overthrow the government

[@pablo_giustiniani]

Yo what the fuck -Walt Disney from his grave (20XX)

[@joshwuzhere1]

Lmfaoooo

[@whytfbuddy4118]

SomethingStupid Gyu huh! -Adolf Disney after capturing Washington D.C

[@aeternavictrix7861]

The rich(elites)(not every rich person) are taking over, small business will die out since this will last a year at least, for 2 clases rich and poor

[@carloscjr23]

@@aeternavictrix7861 that depend a lot of us. If we let them,they will do what they want.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Or even better, control the spice" The Dutch: *G E K O L O N I S E E R D*

[@karwan6385]

No.

[@SamH-bm8vn]

Z E G M A K K E R

[@biteof78]

KOKOSNOTEN ZIJN GEEN SPECERIJEN

[@Aemond2024]

W A A R L I J K K O R N U I T

[@venepskeuten9206]

J A Z E K E R

[@joshdoz9234]

Tea Producing Country: *exists* British: "Top of the morning sir, might I have a look at that land of yours?"

[@brandenr6073]

DID YA BUY THAT FROM TESCO MATE? AND DON'T FORGET THE FAUCKING BISCUITS!!!

[@wewantarock]

no british person in the history of the world has ever said g'day mate unless they were taking the piss out of australians

[@ovaloctopus8]

Bethany Nightingale he changed it to an Irish saying instead lol

[@wewantarock]

Ovaloctopus8 hahahahahaha gold So close, Josh

[@jonnny-kb2sk]

@@ovaloctopus8 ikr, just say good day sir, or, more accurately; alright mate?

[@TheRibottoStudios]

Here before all the The Walt Disney Company comments.

[@norikofu509]

Or Banana republic.

[@arachnofiend2859]

I was thinking Coca Cola.

[@loki2240]

Dole: Greetings from Hawaii!!!

[@samin90]

Apple has enough cash laying around to buy Disney outright

[@TheRezro]

@@samin90 Yup. All those "Disney owns everything" idiots has no idea that it isn't even largest media company, not to mention company overall 0_0

[@evoluxman9935]

"But when that goes unregulated, that's when a company doesn't simply remain a company, it becomes a state within a state" Libertarians and ancaps: REEEEE

[@MaylocBrittinorum]

"Those aren't taxes, they are subscription fees! Totally different."

[@bluchicken_995]

José Manuel Blanco Goldar “Taxation is theft, don’t ask how I’ll pay for the military”

[@TPrice919]

Ancaps yes, but not as many libertarians as you’d think. Despite what you hear online most of us would not want a corporation having that much, or really any power.

[@frmyt1135]

TPrice919 Some libertarians believe in regulations to prevent monopolies so the free market, you know. Stays free. It’s called the free market. Not the corporate market (corporatism)

[@shaorrran6305]

Taking in account that the companies were created by governmental orders and (in the British case) were supported by the national navy, these companies were NOT free market capitalist players.

[@NamelessGamer29]

Alternate history hub: Deep insight on the most important colony of the British Empire and the dangers of unregulated capitalism. Knowledge hub: I lost my Apple TV remote so I’m gonna rant about Apple using psychedelic imagery.

[@Ryan.2]

Seriously, Knowledge Hub has gone so far down the shutter that Alternate History Hub has to bring in the knowledge.

[@ImaginaryNumb3r]

​@@Ryan.2 amen

[@fatfuck2384]

The D O W N W A R D S P I R A L is a real thing

[@Farb_dk]

That’s what happens when a government keeps bailing out and subsidizing companies. Unregulated capitalism is wonderful to destroy monopolies due to over saturation of competition (movie streaming services including pirating websites are one of the best examples ever) but if the government mentality keeps at too big to fail...well, than this shit happens

[@markhenley3097]

This was mercantilism not capitalism.

[@garrettford4523]

"He who controls the spice, controls the universe"

[@fiatlux4058]

spice must flow

[@MrOllievirus]

ThE waTerS oF Life

[@Butterflylion1]

Same dune flash backs

[@lordbonney9779]

Quote by… done Dutchman

[@nicholasbova9909]

"The Leviathan of the Seas, is it? The terrible shadow? The Beast with a million eyes and a million ears? Conquest, rape, plunder? I studied your methods in your school, and I do know the evil that you do because I was once part of it." -James Keziah Delaney, describing the East Indian Trading Company

[@potatoboi4479]

Cody Cody CODY steam is releasing remakes of red alert just wanna tell you nice video tho as well

[@ChristianNeihart]

Command and Conquer actually.

[@lastnamefirstname5295]

Whar What

[@ryanfarndale871]

Christian Neihart Command and Cody

[@jeremiah7913]

Damn india, you really got taken over by the CEOs.

[@RedLeader327]

CEOwned

[@johanliebert6734]

USA is next

[@davidblair9877]

DEUS EX MACHINA next? I thought it already happened.

[@ecurewitz]

@@johanliebert6734 we are already owned by the CEOs

[@TobuscusGameing]

eee err The ceo of racism

[@rajaman4463]

Jai Jagannatha, he has finally done it, he has finally covered India

[@Srikanth_st]

🙌

[@alfieingrouille1528]

ew

[@oliver-wb4np]

Jai jagganath 💓

[@cavalierking5220]

Yess

[@alfieingrouille1528]

@@oliver-wb4np ?

[@lizardlegend42]

6:31 🎶They had conquered all of india🎶 🎶*most of india🎶 (What about that part?) That's the Tamil Kings, nobody conquers the Tamil Kings (Who were the tamil kings?) 🎵Merchants probably🎵

[@thetwilightgamer]

It’s actually “time to conquer all of Indiaaaa- er most of Indiaaa” but love the quote XD

[@louisduarte8763]

7:27 Feels weird to hear Afghanistan invading somebody else.

[@donalddude7568]

Mughals were from Afghanistan descendents of Genghis Khan.

[@BrotherHao1]

@@donalddude7568 No, the Mughals weren't Afghan, they came from Uzbekistan

[@ДаниилРепп-г1е]

@@BrotherHao1 Babur ruled over Afghanistan, before he found the Mugal Empire. He was from Timurids, who considered themselfs as Turkish Mongols. I dunno how pronounce correctly that name in English. So I call them Turkish Mongols.

[@ДаниилРепп-г1е]

@@donalddude7568 they were Timurids, not Ghengizids

[@edgelord8337]

Britain: *_hippity hoppoty your sub continent is now my property_*

[@Valencetheshireman927]

Overused joke but ok .

[@gamalielvacasolis3484]

India: What? This is outrageous. It’s unfair! How can you take control of my land and not be a country?!

[@MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot]

The Banana Republics and the Hudson Bay Company are also extreme examples of corporations being some of the best colonizers.

[@SumeriyaYaxlaka]

Damn.. You're kinda right😂😅 Banana republics were colonialism..

[@edgelord8337]

It's kinda amazing when you look at the fact that a small island took over 1/4th of the entire world in only 300 years. The Mongols did it faster but the British didn't even have the large amount of man power to do it. English is one of the most spoken languages and thanks to the British it has left it's Mark in history.

[@wormcatman8652]

Mongols did not have a lot of manpower either

[@person14876]

They also had Ireland with a bigger population then England at the time till the late 18th-19th century

[@germerican2585]

Well they also lost all that land in the span of about 20 years

[@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215]

alright lads. the EIC had quite a lot of manpower actually. in 1858 they had over 350k men in their army. in many years throughout the 19th century their army was bigger than the british army. no the british did not just fire one shot and go into melee. thatd be suicide against cavalry. the weaponry and firepower gave the the advantage over the indians, who primarily used cavalry en masse.

@pokezee king-wolf i am taking about the 1700s when the uk conquered most of it's territory, also the uk had a small army so of course they could not face napoleon that had the largest army in the world at the time. you are talking about the later period we referring to machine guns also, that was when when the british practically conquered everything and invented the modern world that you dwell in today. i am talking about red coat days when british men made all of Asia bow with noting but a one shot musket. always outgunned outnumber in most conflicts too but manage to kill more. my point still stands about the mongols too, shoot at a distance and run away when too close on a fast horse as well, that is how they won all battles. effective but cowardly. British shoot and run towards and all the racism and lies will not change that. also other Europeans were also harder then the monglos in their prime. no Mongolian would of fought like how the Russians and French did in the Napoleonic wars, the eastern front was savage and on the scale of modern warfare, not weak medieval war fare where only a few hundred died and war over like most mongol wars, no more like hardcore British and German ww1 levels of death where thousands of real men charging into machine guns and dying daily. where mustard gas barbed wire and dead bodies fill the battle filed. it makes mongols shooting arrows at a distance on ponies look like massive pussies especially for how famous they were for all the raping and killing after victory. European especially British were flogged to death for rape it rarely happened.

[@Joseph-yh8gn]

*Watched Pirates of the Caribean 2 & 3 Me: You know, I'm something of a historian myself.

[@Soorma_9]

Confused and quite upset that the Sikh Empire wasn't mentioned atleast once in this video. Apart from that, a great vid and thank you for focusing on the once great and free nation of India.

[@ShehrozeAmeen]

HOLY SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT?! Where's the Sikh Wars? Where's The One Eye's Ranjit Singh?! Incidentally, he glossed over the military make-up of the armies too! Also, hiya there!

[@Jane_8319]

Woah, woah, is he talking about actual *history* this time?!

[@perpotet4629]

He talks a lot about history. In his alternate history videos he talks a lot about our history, to explain what would change, and why.

[@sakataginko9092]

He’s gonna do a follow up video on “What if the British never conquered India?” He just wanted to flesh out the history stuff here. Kinda the same thing he did on “What if Arabia was united” where he had a preceding video dedicated to the context.

[@faisalkhurshid8503]

lol I thought he was gonna talk about The American Banana company

[@jstn5471]

I thought he was gonna talk about the Hudson's Bay Company

[@dillonblair6491]

@@jstn5471 They ruled most of Northern Canada and some slivers of U.S land but it only had maybe 6,000 people and they weren't brutal

[@genghiskhan5701]

@@jstn5471 I remember seeing a Hudson Bay Company shop lol

[@jonathand.t.5051]

Yeh at first I thought its gonna be about the UFC But apparently its better

[@marcuskohler8143]

Marathas: We have kicked the imperialistic Mughals out! Finally we, the natives of this nation can rule ourselv- Europeans: *knock knock*

[@alex-sv8ru]

Why can't India just get a break?

[@alfieingrouille1528]

@@alex-sv8ru ew no

[@imperiumoccidentis7351]

@@alex-sv8ru Because Indians are governmentally challenged.

[@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215]

funny enough, the eic even helped the marathas at some point - prior to the anglo-maratha wars.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

@@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215 ?

[@skeletonwguitar4383]

VOC appeared in this video. Me and every Indonesian that ever existed: *AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH*

[@naga5707]

K O M P E N I

[@ra_alf9467]

DUTCHMAN

[@taufanimampratama4454]

Wkwk anjir tiba2 ngamuk

[@prashr4075]

Bro I have a question.......................didnt ur country have a name before they came? I know u ppl called urself Nusantra and what happened after that? Dutch called you Indies and confused with India.

[@ristopototo3842]

@@prashr4075 There is never a unification before Indonesia, so there is no really a way to call ourverselves something. We are just a bunch of different tribes with different cultures that decided to make a country after hundreds of years colonised. The closest that can be called to have unite Indonesia before is a kingdom called Majapahit. "Nusantara" can be translated as "many islands", is just a term that is used by a famous prime minister from Majapahit to refer the islands around Indonesia.

[@ascetic3312]

Say, "cot." Cody: Cot. Say, "ton" Cody: Ton. Now say "cotton." Cody: Coddon. Just messing with you Cody. Thanks for the video and stay safe.

[@adamdesouza6153]

"Stay safe" This is a British declaration of war if I've ever seen one

[@kevinclass2010]

@@whenyournameisduoduos1282 it's like the Japanese /r/, a tap not a /d/.

[@notquiteatory971]

How about we all binge watch Cody while we’re in lockdown?

[@ethaneldredge3994]

I'm down. I've got nothing better to do.

[@423adriana]

Let's do it

[@edvz8896]

Sure let’s do it

[@thesherlockhound]

Not in official lockdown here but just choose not to leave my house. Does that count.

[@423adriana]

@@thesherlockhound yeah it counts lol

[@thepallghost6443]

I would love to see some alternative history about the East India company

[@Srikanth_st]

Part 2 to this (sort of)

[@samandriaz5905]

Or if the Mughal empire never fell

[@loki2240]

If the East India Company Had Robocops and Intercontinental Drones

[@Game_Hero]

That's what Cody said in the top comment.

[@thepallghost6443]

Game Hero What I mean is like, what if the East India company was never disbanded or what if the East India company never existed

[@theeyeofodin4414]

Don't think I didn't notice you sneaking in a picture of the Ultramarines in parade formation, Cody. Sneaky

[@palaiologos4441]

Judging from the Subject Matter, I was hoping to see some Blood Ravens

[@carsoncase223]

Ancaps be like: I was born in the wrong generation

[@matthewchapman6305]

To be FAIR, most Ancaps I know despise corps.

[@smitty1647]

@@matthewchapman6305 what if they're exactly the same but we call them free associative investment ventures

[@matthewchapman6305]

@@smitty1647 LOL well then I guess it depend on how gullible the person is. “It’s not murder! It’s just putting a person to permanent sleep!” XD

[@midshipman8654]

Really good video. Seems rather comprehensive for the topic matter. I took a class in the development of corporations and this was a big part of it. I’m happy you didn’t play polemics or focus on one part more than another. It’s a rather complex integrated system and I am happy how you conveyed how these old companies work. It’s a little odd coming from the modern perspective, but you explained the interesting mix of state backed, but publicly funded, and privately owned well. I would also recommend Reading the company charters as well as some Aristotelian and guild papers (maybe leviathan too) to understand the intellectual grounding in the “corpore” or corporate body. Great video as always! Keep up the good work.

[@edgelord8337]

(India exists) Britain: *_hippity hoppoty your land is now my property_*

[@edgelord8337]

@PP-chan the innocent anime girl I know about history but tbh I'd just make a joke. Or say something informative.

[@thesherlockhound]

Gandhi: Well yes, but actually no.

[@dillona2349]

I was actually just thinking the other day about how I want to learn more about this period. Great work as always Cody.

[@RevDrKillJoy]

"The spice must FLOW!"

[@lordmosnar1884]

I recently finished that amazon miniseries Chernobyl, and really recommend it. Gorbachev said later that it was one of the reasons behind the Soviet Union’s decline, not to mention all the other effects it would have. The design of the reactor made it so eventually an accident like that was inevitable, but can you make a video about if Chernobyl never happened?

[@Mandatory-Fun]

Honestly I don’t think it would have changed much. The Soviet Union would still have collapsed and large portions of the American public would still be wary of nuclear as an energy source because of three mile island

[@Userext47]

Those last sentences were gold. Way too many people underestimate/or simply don't understand the power companies can have.

[@logoncal3001]

So that's what Lenin meant by Imperialism being the final stage of capitalism. He was reffering to these Company bois.

[@robertjarman3703]

What else would you have seen imperialism at the time being? The only empire that Europe had in the sense that it was called an empire and given the prestige of one was ousted about a hundred years before at the end of the Holy Roman Empire. China was defeated by unequal treaties, conquest, and civil wars, and was at the time the only other place a European would usually have seen as an state that could hold the title of an empire. Those empires were gone. The ancient ones given legacies of millenia, out. Business drove new empires and while empires have always involved trade, they scale of business with these stock corporations was massively different.

[@voltagedrop5899]

+Logoncal if he did actually mean that, he was just wrong. The industrial revolution was the very beginning of capitalism, and imperialism was just Europeans leveraging their superior intellect to make guns, warships and artillery with intention of conquering barbarian savages in other parts of the globe. There's nothing capitalist about a taxpayer-funded monopoly backed by the most powerful monarchy on the planet and its armed forces...

[@newellboy2]

@@voltagedrop5899 Adolf, you're wrong on so many levels.

[@voltagedrop5899]

@@newellboy2 nice try mr. "anyone right of stalin is literally Hitler", but you'll have to do better than that. My political position is displayed on my profile picture, and my point that your braindead commie idols skipped one too many basic economics classes still stands.

[@kaparg]

@@voltagedrop5899 the political chart is just wrong on so many levels that it honestly isn't worth using it

[@fredrickvontater5433]

The google technocracy has thanked you for instructing them on the next step of their master plan cody

[@crimsondynamo615]

Future Executive President of the United States of Amazon Jeff Bezos also thanks Cody for the inspiration

[@brianfrommars]

Could we see a more in-depth Alt-history of _”What If The Sahara Desert Was Green?”_ I find that subject extremely interesting. What if civilizations popped up as early as Alexander? Or as large as Rome?

[@cettechaineestcloture.1351]

He already did something like that

[@brianfrommars]

cette chaine est clôturé. No I want him to go more in-depth into the scenario. All Cody really said was “It would be a mixed region with lots of people.” I wanna see something like his _World Without Rome_ Series.

[@ronjayrose9706]

Same

[@Thoumint]

I'm from western North Carolina, and there is a really cool unit from the civil war called the Thomas Legion that is semi known around here to historians. They need more recognition and it is a very interesting group to do research on, from their commander to their troops and politics. Maybe you could include them in a potential video about crazy or unique military groups through history.

[@agneeshdasgupta5018]

I'm from India and all this is in my history syllabus. Well informed and fascinating take on the East India company!

[@edgelord8337]

As they said the sun never set on the British empire because the sun was always shining in some part of the empire. At its height the the British empire controlled the land area of 94% of the moon that is facing us.

[@alexandrub8786]

Spanish/Habsburg empire*. The brits stolen that.

[@samuellubell4557]

"The sun never sets on the British empire because God can't trust the English in the dark."-Shashi Tharoor I think Edit: changed British to English, Scots and Welsh don't deserve this, they didn't commit genocide

[@alexandrub8786]

@@samuellubell4557 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_empire_on_which_the_sun_never_sets The spanish were still the first but yes the brits were also an empire on which the sun never sets.

[@fatalshore5068]

@@samuellubell4557 Haha he has some good zingers. I freaking love Shasi, I will get around to reading his book one day

[@Valencetheshireman927]

Apparently Shashi Tharoor was born in Britain and yet his books are still filled with Indian nationalist propaganda.🤦‍♂️

[@trissylegs]

At one point the East India's company was larger than England's own army. (about 70,000 vs 30,000).

[@emperorxander666]

Last time I was this early I was in my home all the time by choice

[@mastrorick]

15:30 truly the spirit of a paradox player

[@captainweekend5276]

0:55 I saw that battle brother, the emperor protects!

[@notchuckproductions5029]

You should make sequel called "How A corporation conquered a content " about Banana Republics. Their are little to know videos about this aspect of American history not even a crash course, and I would like to know more about them

[@ofthecaribbean]

I wonder if something like this'll ever happen again, when we really get into space

[@aarontavolacci2311]

Only if there are aliens to colonize

[@weakspirit_]

Space Tea or bust

[@livethefuture2492]

bet if you told the British the moon was a great place to grow tea, they'd be there in no time.

[@brucewayne4128]

Like in Avatar

[@kaparg]

Considering that most governments have fell under paternalistic state capitalism,and those who didn't aren't big enough to go into space,i doubt it a lot

[@sadmanpranto9026]

Wanted this for sooooo long !! A video of yours based on Indian Subcontinent. I'm From Bengal, more accurately the modern day Bangladesh. Not saying good or bad but Bengal before appearance of foreigners was one of the wealthiest regions in the world (Bengal Subah). But it was sucked dry over and over throughout the history because of it's potential. Even Today this hasn't changed. Not just for Bengal but the entire Indian Subcontinent. The Blessing of Fertile land and plentiful labor became a curse instead of blessing as it attracted foreign powers from everywhere of the world and which in turn made people selfish and blind to the greater good.

[@ironicmysoginist2035]

You realize that land doesnt recover because india is oligharcic right? They barely care about the people Which is why alot of india didnt even have toilets. And millions die of diarrhea everyday due to lack of clean water Despite the big GDP the country neglects the people.

[@Snp2024]

@@ironicmysoginist2035 dude you're living in 2008 98% population have toilet's and sanitation now . I mean you are not wrong but a decade late.

[@sadmanpranto9026]

@@Snp2024 I do know Indians have toilets now but as I know (please verify if I'm right or wrong) some people still prefer open field over toilets. And India is an Oligarchic place. That stagnated some of the development. This is different compared to other members of the subcontinent. Bangladesh does not have that oligarchy but it has been crippled by corruption for the last 40 years. Whatever growth you see is made by people, it has been held back by whoever in charge of the governmemt. On the other hand, Pakistan stagnated for their Radicalism. if they returned in the path of Jinnah and kept ideals of Liberal Islamic Nationalism after 70's, they could've been kept up with the world.

[@delta24242]

Cody: Talks about how companies can be evil if left unchecked Also Cody: This video is sponsered by a subset of Amazon

[@concept5631]

Good eye.

[@stargazer-elite]

That’s capitalism for ya

[@scottnunnemaker5209]

Honestly, I love that you are splitting the real history and alternate history into two separate videos.

[@nikitaivachtchenko6375]

India: Wait a minute. You're a private corporation laying claim over an entire sub-continent? East India Company: Yeah, so? India: That's against the rules, isn't it? East India Company: Screw the rules, I have money!

[@SubhrajyotiAcharyyaDSB]

i have no idea how you didnt include the Battle of Plassey, the battle which led to the 200 year British rule. Only One man was responsible. Mir Jafar

[@Greyspecies9999]

For a moment I thought I read "How *Corona* conquered a sub continent "

[@prashr4075]

its on its way

[@bullrick3]

These are some of the best videos on youtube. Educational, entertaining, etc. Good stuff

[@sagarm4983]

Shivaji Raje, founder of Maratha empire in 17th century warned his countrymen - "Do not regard English East India Company as a trivial trading entity. They have the power of a great State behind them." This was at a time when English were an insignificant entity in India. Yet despite his foresight and warning, his successors forgot it - with fatal consequences.

[@jcorbo7518]

When you realise you're from Ohio which means you started the mess in India and happen to have graduated from the rival high school of Cody Go Jackets

[@matchboxp]

Well done Cody! First time I've seen someone from the west actually differentiate between the East India Company and the British crown. In most cases, the atrocities committed by the company gets blamed on the crown itself.

[@dresden3942]

What are you talking there are many western youtubers who've made this distinction

[@punalmanalan2346]

the company committed many atrocities... as well as the British raj(crown)

[@nikkifrozen3814]

British crown itself did lot of crime too

[@NPC1776]

I thought this was gonna be about a modern corporation lol

[@thebrutusmars]

There will be Changes He thought this was gonna be about a modern corporation, he didn’t say modern history. Also he clearly meant contemporary.

[@emily-jr1oj]

NPC #1776 banana republics

[@bigredwolf6]

NPC #1776 kek

[@thebrutusmars]

There will be Changes I mean technically implies that you’re correcting or amending something they said & nothing really needed to be corrected or amended.

[@direkte5303]

"Imperialism was dictated by markets" So basically just Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism. Has this guy ever mentioned reading Lenin?

[@charlescole1766]

This is why origionally subscribed to Knowledge Hub--the next time you make a video like this, upload it there!

[@thelakeman2538]

I mean the East India company was not a "private" company in any sense of the term by modern standards, pretty sure even Adam Smith hated monopoly corporations such as the EIC. Also you never mentioned the China trade (outside of a brief mention about the opium wars) despite the fact that the company made literally no profit throughout its existence, the British crown and the public still pumped money into it not only because of its acquisitions in India but also because the company held virtual monopoly on the trade coming from China from the British perspective (Trade with China during this period is a really interesting topic), people tend to forget the role EIC played in the China trade despite the fact that it was the biggest source of revenue for the company after all the looting they did in the Indian subcontinent.

[@libertatemadvocatus1797]

The British East India Company was less a case of "Capitalism Gone Wild" and more of a case of a government outsourcing its dirty work to a private entity. Yes, it wasn't completely controlled by the government, but it was hardly a private entity in the way we understand.

[@atomiknight]

Yeah, it had more in common with large Chinese corporations which all are or become extensions of the CCP run by PLA veterans and/or hard-line party members.

[@LordVader1094]

@@atomiknight A perfect analogy, really. The EIC was really just an extension of the British government when you boil down the purpose of its existence.

[@flynnandgigi]

That was one of the greatest sponsorship integrations I've seen

[@alexandrub8786]

5:41 EconomicsExplain:"Oh,I don't think so."

[@livethefuture2492]

yeah, seems like there's lots of interest in the VOC now than before

[@racoonlittle1679]

This came at the right moment... currently learning about British India. It's been quite a while AlternateHistoryHub!

[@christopherwood9009]

Corporation - a large company or group of companies authorized to act as a single entity and *recognized as such in law*. (I.e. a collective body of companies authorised to act as one, autonomously of a state and recognised by that state) Private - belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only. Private company - a company whose shares may not be offered to the public for sale and which operates under legal requirements less strict than those for a public company To go public - the process of selling shares that were formerly held privately and are now available to new investors for the first time The VOC nor British East India Company were private companies. They were corporations. A corporation is NOT private, it is PUBLIC - it sells its shares PUBLICLY - it is open to a section of the PUBLIC (its shareholders) for oversight and scrutiny.

[@xump4617]

Why is everyone talking about the Dutch East India company all of a sudden?

[@Greencommander82]

Beacause they were richer then apple

[@Srikanth_st]

"A 14 minute video does not do it justice". Mm yes, but perhaps an entirety of pre-high school education in history relating to the period does (or maybe not)

[@ArmaanRawat472]

Almost every Indian knows why, our kingdoms didn’t give a shit about the others, there was no concept of India at that time and they all cooperated with some European power for their own gain. They all had no unity ,constantly fought each other and most importantly were played by the British against each other. Then the brits would pick up the shattered pieces. Lastly there was a big technological gap, armies of tens of thousands of Indians were defeated by only a few hundred British soldiers. That’s why just the company was enough to conquer. This was my opinion on the matter . Thank you

[@quisqueyanguy120]

The british basically created the concept of "India" as a nation-state with the british raj. India was as divided as Italy or Germany at the time.

[@ArmaanRawat472]

@@quisqueyanguy120 agreed, while empires had unified India before, none of them did in the name of India, the idea of nation State came from Britain as you say

[@ronitdhanphole]

Only someone who has never read a single history book will say that there was no concept of India before the Brits. British created the nation-state of India, the idea of India long precedes them. If you ever read a history book you will come to know that the Marathas ruled most of India and were on their way to conquer all of India if not for the British. Before them, there were the Mughals who were cut short by the Marathas. Also, the technological gap wasn't that large actually. Marathas and the likes of Tipu Sultan already had a European styled military and defeated the Brits and Portuguese in several battles. I highly recommend The Anarchy by William Dalrymple who explains this in details. Highly recommended for someone who has never read a history book I presume. In short, the Seths and Bankers played a huge role in the British colonisation of India.

[@ArmaanRawat472]

@@ronitdhanphole the marathas didn't conquer for India, they conquered for their own empire and they over extended themselves very quickly after the fall of delhi

[@ArmaanRawat472]

@@ronitdhanphole I've read more history books than you have for sure

[@DoctorLoudonclear]

The East India company is probably the best historical example of something like a mega corporation. I’m sure there are other examples as well, but the E.I. Co. Is the first one that comes to mind.

[@J_A_M_D]

A new Alternate History video always makes me happy!

[@Srikanth_st]

It's amazing that you pronounced Bengal perfectly! (Butchered Marathas but that's fine lol). Wasn't expecting this video, must admit I was taken by surprise; instant click

[@sidhren7145]

The last time I was this early Harry was still a part of the royal family

[@yayhay1]

Sidh Ren same bro

[@JollyOldCanuck]

@@yayhay1 Posh bastard bought prime real estate in sunny British Columbia, Canada. The average Canadian can sell every organ in their body and still not be able to afford decent housing in Southern British Columbia.

[@Lumberjack-fr6ve]

I better get that government check or I'm going homeless

[@loki2240]

The free market will provide a solution (someone with more money acquiring your residence).

[@Lumberjack-fr6ve]

@@loki2240 oh well guess I'll go homeless gonna have to put my kids up for adoptions but doesn't matter I guess

[@fatfuck2384]

@@Lumberjack-fr6ve Don't put them up for adoption. Sell them to afford your bills.

[@perniciousseizurehellio3438]

Capitalism sure does rock

[@kaparg]

@@loki2240 or it will give him a job,most probably a good,stable job to buy a house,and if he is an economic genius,he can just make his own company and become "an evil capitalist pig" because that's how capitalism actually works

[@lionheart6176]

anything with tea: exists Britbong: whats yours is mine and whats mine is mine as well

[@jordanjones5765]

Hey Cody you should make a patreon! I love your content (I used to watch your channel when I was younger years ago and then thankfully came back and watched every video :D) and it would be great to support you directly. Instead of being at the mercy of YT, you'd be able to have a buffer against demonetization. Some extra content with that patreon would be cool and being able to get to know you better would be even cooler. Keep making this amazing content that we all love her on AltHisHub

[@hdufort]

The "Compagnie des 100 associés" in New France (Canada). The "Hudson Bay Company" in a large swathe of continental Canada. The Bay had direct, exclusive control over a huge territory, controlled trade, and even had its own police force.

[@vinayakpendse7233]

I'm from India and I want to say that it was great video.I watch all of your videos They are all great. I just want to point out some thing, you said Islamic rule on Hindu population was not bad, but it wasn't all good either. Many atrocities were committed against Hindus,such as destroying temples and ideals, Jiziya tax to force Hindus convert. But overall your have done good research and I appreciate that.

[@dhruboroy9784]

@SakthiV who said all this..... Romila Thapar??

[@Snp2024]

@SakthiV he literally destroyed most sacred Krishna temple and made mosque over it . Your confusing Akbar and Aurangzeb..

[@riteshyeddu]

Just by reading the title I guessed that this is about the East India company, and India (I'm from India btw)

[@krateproductions4872]

*looks at clothes in thumbnail

[@1996lukecox11]

Your best video mate. Really enjoyed your context and info.

[@Aeros589]

Modern companies looking back today with so much envy.

[@craig8399]

Nobody: The Dutch: HE WHO CONTROLS THE SPICE CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE!!!

[@danemlive]

I'm really enjoying this series on "What if the Roman Empire fell?"

[@michaelman957]

The corpos couldn't have reached their power without the state backing them

[@britfox7766]

Whoever controls the spice, controls the universe.

[@javierperalta7648]

This is actually the best video on this subject on KZbin. Congratulations