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That's where the "banana" comes from! The banana company that was controlling central American countries!

There’s a strange reluctance among lawyers to use the law. They’re like the plumber that came to the house not long ago grumbling “no I won’t be touching that mess go ask some other desperate plumber to help you out”. Similar to US journalists refusing to spend a minute of any day doing their jobs

Pretty sure a lot of folks make the racist assumption that "banana republic" means "any tropical country, which we assume to be lawless," and not "country where US business demolished law and order." But I don't know how the clothing brand fits in here.