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Unpopular opinion? We don’t have much of a free market anymore. Everything’s owned by the same handful of rich people cross competing their companies to make the most money for them with tiny startups getting eaten the moment they have a good idea
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Anonymous 19w

This is really only the case for search which is on its way out.

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Anonymous replying to -> discotheque 19w

Track ownership of companies back far enough and they’re all owned by the same people. It’s criminal

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

This is just not really true

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Anonymous replying to -> discotheque 19w

It’s heavily censored journalism but it does exist, many corporations are owned by the same people who regularly have meetings with other mega owners on corporate policy. This is the most basic “ruling class” idea there is lol

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

Ok bruh

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Anonymous replying to -> discotheque 19w

Bruh haven’t you heard of blackrock, or any of the monopolies that have and still do exist? “Ok bruh” 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

blackrock is not a monopoly lmfao

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Anonymous replying to -> discotheque 19w

“Or any of the monopolies” not “any of the (other) monopolies”… are you just trolling bro?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

I’m rejecting your premise that there are a bunch of monopolies. Except for search and I guess search, and I guess really high quality semiconductors (Taiwanese secrets)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

But even the latter example is being challenged

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Anonymous replying to -> discotheque 19w

Ok then argue that not misquote me lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

Yeah I am. It’s just funny the one company you named is not a monopoly

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Anonymous replying to -> discotheque 19w

Almost like I never made any claims that they’re only monopolies, which you’d have known had you actually read anything I’ve said. I said “mega owners” and “corporations” and “monopolies”. It’s like I have to read for you too my guy…

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Anonymous replying to -> discotheque 19w

I’ve been claiming that these are companies owned by the same small group of people, they aren’t all monopolies by definition let alone legally recognized as such lol. And it’s just a take I threw out there too my guy not sure why you’re so personally offended

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

Well who are they?

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Anonymous replying to -> discotheque 19w

Blackrock, vanguard, and state street for their combined shares in the S&P 500 alone not counting their other shares in holdings and other markets such as real estate. Summer Redstone owns national amusement and a ton of other companies. Disney is this 👌 close to being considered a monopoly still. Time warner/at&t, Comcast,News corp, dude I can keep listing them off or you can take the 5 seconds to make the same google searches I’m making to cross check my info lol.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

So your first point there is a concept called “assets under management”. Summer restore is literally dead. Secondly you’re literally naming multiple companies competing for the same share of viewers. Your chart literally has 12 companies on it lmfao

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