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4 timestamped hits 2 source readings 2 extracted notes Aliases: east-india-companies

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East India Company

Jiang says Britain defeated Napoleon by financing seven wars, then became a global financial empire with the East India Company extracting wealth from India and China.

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British Empire and India case study

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Britain's empire is presented as financed rather than directly fought, with the East India Company extracting Indian wealth and India's share of global wealth falling over the next centuries.

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The Bank That Made The Game

2026-01-22, day precision · Game Theory #6: The World's Bank

Transcript

"...Britain is a global financial empire. So this is an East India company. And the East Indian company, it's based in Britain. And the..."

The Bank That Made The Game

2026-01-22, day precision · Game Theory #6: The World's Bank

Transcript

"So what England will do is they will colonize India and steal all the wealth of India, primarily by de -industrializing India. So India..."

The Bank That Made The Game

2026-01-22, day precision · Game Theory #6: The World's Bank

Transcript

"And the same idea was... The opium went into China, and then silver and money went back to England, okay? And then, this money..."

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