Not going to lie, I literally just remembered this profile was a thing. ANYWAY.
Containerization was an integral factor in the spreading of maritime capitalism throughout the ages. Until the invention of the empirical system of managing goods in geometrically identical containers, the goods were stored in storage bays, which would often become festering cesspools of mud and grime. This inevitably led to shoddy quality! However, as the naval capacity of capital ships became greater and greater, the idea to create a system wherein space on ships could be "bought" was conceived. This bore two advantages: spoiled goods were no longer the fault of the manufacturer, but rather the guy in charge of the ship. This was a key feature of corporationism - taking liability for things going wrong away from the corporations and giving it to the distributors. This allowed world enterprise to mushroom to the point where we see modern globalism today. The only way it was possible to have the space rental system that freight liners utilise today was through a simple system of organizing goods that kept goods safe and well-cataloged. Thus, containerization! The simple rectangular prismic container we have all come to know and love was a brilliant way of simply categorizing goods, while keeping the goods in a good environment. Simply genius!
