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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why must we all race to having just one company own everything?

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The nature of competition is to have a winner. When your economy is competitive in nature and any body with the power to redistribute things when they get too concentrated chooses not to, for whatever reason, you get this.

[–] sliceable_aspirin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

The Monopoly game only ends when someone wins decisively or someone flips the table out of exasperation. The police exist to prevent ordinary citizens from rising up and flipping the table

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It used to be that the government would force companies to break up when they got too big. Hasn't happened in decades though. Government is too corrupt now.

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not corruption, it's capture.

Neoliberalism has been the hegemonic politico-economic ideology for 30+ years in this country, and neoliberals believe that "the market knows best".

We keep electing people who honestly believe government shouldn't interfere. That it shouldn't... Govern.

At least, not the rich.