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raphaelambrosiuscosteau
READ: Tepper and Hearn’s ‘Myth of Capitalism’ for further
digiorno88
Honestly it's time we had another monopoly busting president
Zahnradfee
That's why "voting with your dollar" or changing the world by "stop buying XYZ" is very hard to do.
Midioto
Hey! Can I buy some pixels from that free market?
urgotobekiddingme
America is fucked
Navrodel
Of course the market is free! Free for the taking! And take, they have!
MicrosoftWizard7
Well consolidation is the endgame of capitalism...
AMagicianWasDrivingDownTheRoadThenHeTurnedIntoADriveway
Can I get like, 8 more pixels in this image so I can see the corporations lol
flyingvitality8
http://www.oshonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/companies-who-own-everything.jpg
SwadeWilson
Off subject.I was bitching about Nestle, the water nazis and Monsanto,the corn nazis, and remembered my Jordans and iPhone were made by kids
igec
This is not a result from «free market» tho...
flyingvitality8
Right, for a market to be free, it needs enough restrictions and regulations to stop monopolies. Think about our freedom, same thing, right?
igec
I think that would be best yes. Free, But with limitations, especially for the larger ones. And no money from them to politics...
MichaelAndersen88
We don't live in a free market. Those corporations lobby the government to regulate anyone else out of the market.
Gorapora
It's not just because of the government. Self-reinforcing feedback loops create runaway growth cycles in systems. The problem is entities
Gorapora
that are legal, not physical, don't have any sort of natural lifespan or size limit.
ProbablyPoe
But monopolies are bad
YouExpectedAUsernameButItWasMeDio
To ashes you say?
TheNatanist
We should get rid of the gov and just let the businesses run things. Then this wouldn’t happen. /s
Folio77
'Murica
derscur
The market will sort itself out
Fafanori
workin' on it: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/537667-nevada-governor-touts-proposal-to-allow-tech-companies-to-create-local
tdawgcatfish
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xKaraKx
Thanks capitalism
ollie2113
Unilever is a huge corporation but they have a good reputation for doing the right thing. Actually fairly responsible all things considered.
robincaid
The best part is they don’t pay much in taxes. Although they make most of the money.
ScreamedVoid
This is mostly because of capital consolidation and vertical integrations. No individual is a monopoly, but the top-to-bottom control is.
slotheroll
ThatEvlCanadian
Credit to mysillycomics, the original artist of the comic
kerningisimportant
Now do News and Media......
tdawgcatfish
Does anybody have a better picture of the brand one
thinkstopthink
Nothing new. Get to reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_Capital
Kittyswitch
You got anymore of those pixels?
AzraelEternity
Just found out the refrigerated cold brew coffee I get from Costco is owned by Nestle. Might be the push to just make my own.
KRicci
I work at Starbucks. We grind 5 lbs of coffee beans on a French press setting, add 14 Liters of water, and let it sit for 20 hours.
KRicci
I dunno if you like Starbucks' cold brew, but if you do, you could downsize that recipe. It's really easy to make.
AzraelEternity
Thanks. To be honest it doesn't matter a ton to me. I drink it mixed with a protein shake so flavor isn't a huge concern.
KRicci
Gotcha! Oh, and I forgot to say: cut the above with another 6L of water after brewing, otherwise it will be SO VERY STRONG
mikeatike
Hershey > Nestle
pizzaparty
Meh, just buy Tony's. It's slave-free! Also really really good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony's_Chocolonely
TheyCallMeRoy
Why? Both take advantage of slave & child labor. They're all evil
NZSheeps
Whittakers > Hershey
sqishd24
Whittakers better than just about any mass market chocolate
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
Why has competition declined? The answer can be summed up in two words: Ronald Reagan. For Reagan /
szepasszony
But hasn't this same pattern happened in other nations?
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
No. The world's biggest companies are all American or Chinese.
iquestionthepinappleeveryday
And unfortunately puts the US in a strange position to try to regulate. Breaking up our larger companies would open up an advantage for ccp.
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
That's... very very trusting of big business.
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
/didn’t just cut taxes and deregulate banks; his administration also turned sharply away from the longstanding /
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
/US tradition of reining in companies that become too dominant in their industries.
theredeemablefemalecousin78
Corporate consolidation is awful. It makes it difficult for independent companies to stay...you know...independent. ??
10110100111
Now apply that to banks
GramGram
They've been throwing about the illusion of choice for many moons. Just look at the glasses industry. Almost all owned by one company.
MayorPandaTaker
Too much free thinking! Back in the wagiecagey!
LoudBirb
This is precisely the natural inclination of the unregulated free market. We saw it clearly during the Robber Baron days.
Zahnradfee
Capitalists don't like competition. They always want to either destroy the rivals or eat them.
nonCanadianGoose
It’s really hard when a bug company offers you more money than you could hope to make
JayEnfield
Or just leverages their control of the distribution network to completely choke out your business, to buy your assets on the cheap.
LespritDeLescalier22
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been scouted by Terminex
wurth
Too bad they always pay in leaves.
sDsnAlien
Bro i would sell out. Not gona lie. I would take a few million and start other ventures
FriendlyNeighborhoodLoner
A free market is a good thing. An oligopoly thinly veiled as a free market is not.
Gorapora
Oligopoly is a market structure that arises within free markets. Free markets aren't necessarily competitive markets; even pure monopolies
Gorapora
can still be considered 'free market'. It just means the exchange is voluntary and not coordinated by non-market actors. literally 1 person
Gorapora
selling to one other person is a free market, even though there's zero competition for seller or buyer.
szepasszony
The main freedom of a free market seems to be the 'freedom' of the wealthy to exploit the poor for profit
Zahnradfee
In order to have competition, you must infringe on the freedom of companies to buy each other. So, no free market. It's contradictory in >
Zahnradfee
itself.
thatsmyfetish69
Let’s be really honest: there are only 10 corporations, including alcohol, that own 80% of EVERYTHING. No more tax cuts for these companies
SpaceBanditBaron
What are the big beer conglomerates? I know of Carlsberg, Heineken, and I think it's Budweiser in the US? Not sure about Asia.
ShrekFoodVillan
I mean ADM makes a lot of ethanol for like liquors but I’m not sure about beers
ScreamedVoid
Not really "companies." These are holding fund consortia that act as fronts for CEO oligarchs.
EroticZombiePants
And at this point, that applies everywhere. Maybe 100 corporations maximum own virtually ever large company in the world.
EroticZombiePants
or I suppose like 500 ... the Fortune 500. You rarely see companies getting replaced on that list now.
ImNotStalkingYouBTWYoureOutOfMilk
There are over 1000 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange alone, with all the markets, you're looking more at 100k companies
ImNotStalkingYouBTWYoureOutOfMilk
and over all, those same companies make up less than 5% of all companies on earth (most are small companies like shops)
GenStrike
How many of those are subsidiaries?
Camelspotting
Those are all owned by a small group of investors.
Chimponzoo
Got a question, what does the Dodge Charger, Jeep wrangle, Fiat 500, Maserati MC20, Peugeot RCZ, and the Alfa Romeo Giulia?
PuncturedBag
All worth less than Tesla?
TitanThree
All owned by Stellantis. Consolidation in the automotive industry is inevitable.
Wafflesama
Is...is that a question?
Boksha
What DOES the Dodge charge her? The Jeep wrangle? The Fiat five... uhh... ...Giulia? I hardly even know 'er!
PosthumousExile
I got confused too
Chimponzoo
Have in common... sorry