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I'd compare it to some of the hypothetical sociopolitical risk scenarios in Bostrom's "Existential Risks". Bostrom specifically mentions a "misguided world government" (driven by "a fundamentalist religious or ecological movement") and a "repressive totalitarian global regime" (driven by "mistaken religious or ethical convictions"), but doesn't mention scenarios driven by business or financial forces.
I'm sorry... this appears to be my evening for just not being able to communicate questions clearly. What I meant by "historical events" is events that actually have occurred in our real history, as distinct from counterfactuals.
Oh. Well, no.