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		permo-w on July 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is the silence of the Great Plains to blame for ‘p... in terms of old Western companies, it seems to be beer, tobacco and news that survives the longest. I believe Japan has much, much older restaurants and hotels, along with companies like Nintendo

toomanybeersies on July 23, 2022 [–]

> along with companies like Nintendo

The western equivalent would probably be Nokia, which was founded in 1865 as a paper manufacturer.

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