Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
August 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
The vicious and corrupt cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to price gouge consumers and shaft workers.
3) Use profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to price gouge consumers and shaft workers.
3) Use profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
September 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The vicious and corrupt cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to price gouge consumers and shaft workers.
3) Use profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to price gouge consumers and shaft workers.
3) Use profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
Norfolk Southern & Union Pacific announced a merger yesterday.
If approved, the combined railway giant would control 40% of rail freight in the US.
In 75% of US industries, fewer companies control more of the business than 20 years ago.
The monopolization of America continues.
If approved, the combined railway giant would control 40% of rail freight in the US.
In 75% of US industries, fewer companies control more of the business than 20 years ago.
The monopolization of America continues.
July 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Norfolk Southern & Union Pacific announced a merger yesterday.
If approved, the combined railway giant would control 40% of rail freight in the US.
In 75% of US industries, fewer companies control more of the business than 20 years ago.
The monopolization of America continues.
If approved, the combined railway giant would control 40% of rail freight in the US.
In 75% of US industries, fewer companies control more of the business than 20 years ago.
The monopolization of America continues.
Collaboration >>>>>>>>>> Monopolization
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
April 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Collaboration >>>>>>>>>> Monopolization
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Life-saving drugs should be accessible, not grossly overpriced just to explode unjust profits. It's time to end the practice of these extreme price hikes and the unjust corporate concentration and market monopolization that makes it possible.
We need fair competition and just pricing.
We need fair competition and just pricing.
May 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Life-saving drugs should be accessible, not grossly overpriced just to explode unjust profits. It's time to end the practice of these extreme price hikes and the unjust corporate concentration and market monopolization that makes it possible.
We need fair competition and just pricing.
We need fair competition and just pricing.
Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago.
We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
November 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago.
We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
The monopolization of our entertainment media is actually insane
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The monopolization of our entertainment media is actually insane
A gust of wind in isolation does not mean capitalism doesn’t concentrate wealth and lead to monopolization and imperialism
April 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A gust of wind in isolation does not mean capitalism doesn’t concentrate wealth and lead to monopolization and imperialism
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
November 30, 2024 at 4:30 AM
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
Investigations are ongoing but just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods.
Market concentration —> more pricing power —> higher profits —> more spending on lobbying and campaign donations —> more deregulation
See the dangers of monopolization?
Market concentration —> more pricing power —> higher profits —> more spending on lobbying and campaign donations —> more deregulation
See the dangers of monopolization?
Taylor Farms, the lettuce supplier at the center of our explosive diarrhea outbreak, has spent millions to oppose food regulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans:
Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
www.wired.com
July 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Investigations are ongoing but just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods.
Market concentration —> more pricing power —> higher profits —> more spending on lobbying and campaign donations —> more deregulation
See the dangers of monopolization?
Market concentration —> more pricing power —> higher profits —> more spending on lobbying and campaign donations —> more deregulation
See the dangers of monopolization?
if, for example, your theory is that this turn is a natural reaction to the monopolization of the economy, then why did this only take place among white and not black residents of rural counties?
June 23, 2024 at 8:55 PM
if, for example, your theory is that this turn is a natural reaction to the monopolization of the economy, then why did this only take place among white and not black residents of rural counties?
Capitalist competition: requires poverty, pits everyone against each other, leads to monopolization, planned obsolescence
Socialist competition: competing for higher quality of life for all, allows for reducing working hours w efficiency, workers not competing w one another can share knowledge
Socialist competition: competing for higher quality of life for all, allows for reducing working hours w efficiency, workers not competing w one another can share knowledge
April 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Capitalist competition: requires poverty, pits everyone against each other, leads to monopolization, planned obsolescence
Socialist competition: competing for higher quality of life for all, allows for reducing working hours w efficiency, workers not competing w one another can share knowledge
Socialist competition: competing for higher quality of life for all, allows for reducing working hours w efficiency, workers not competing w one another can share knowledge
the monopolization of knowledge continues apace
We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
www.404media.co
August 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
the monopolization of knowledge continues apace
The new normal? Media monopolization has been the trend since 1996
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The new normal? Media monopolization has been the trend since 1996
If you want to end monopoly, you must want to end capitalism. You cannot have capitalism without its tendencies towards monopolization and concentration of wealth. It is a fantasy that has never existed.
September 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
If you want to end monopoly, you must want to end capitalism. You cannot have capitalism without its tendencies towards monopolization and concentration of wealth. It is a fantasy that has never existed.
I noticed this first when I was working at (now defunct) DSLReports, where I'd see the obvious impact of corruption-coddled monopolization resulting in patchy, expensive, shitty service.
When I'd read press coverage of the "digital divide," monopolization and corruption were just...not mentioned.
When I'd read press coverage of the "digital divide," monopolization and corruption were just...not mentioned.
February 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I noticed this first when I was working at (now defunct) DSLReports, where I'd see the obvious impact of corruption-coddled monopolization resulting in patchy, expensive, shitty service.
When I'd read press coverage of the "digital divide," monopolization and corruption were just...not mentioned.
When I'd read press coverage of the "digital divide," monopolization and corruption were just...not mentioned.
In 75% of US industries, fewer corporations control more of the business than 20 years ago.
That's especially true in the food industry.
Just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods.
We're seeing in real time the danger of monopolization.
That's especially true in the food industry.
Just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods.
We're seeing in real time the danger of monopolization.
Taylor Farms Produce Is Sold Everywhere, Making Outbreak Difficult to Escape
Taylor Farms produce is everywhere, and comes from everywhere.
www.bloomberg.com
July 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
In 75% of US industries, fewer corporations control more of the business than 20 years ago.
That's especially true in the food industry.
Just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods.
We're seeing in real time the danger of monopolization.
That's especially true in the food industry.
Just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods.
We're seeing in real time the danger of monopolization.
So much anger clouds the judgement of people.
The billionaires keep us angry with their monopolization of news media.
There use to be laws against monopolies.
The billionaires keep us angry with their monopolization of news media.
There use to be laws against monopolies.
January 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So much anger clouds the judgement of people.
The billionaires keep us angry with their monopolization of news media.
There use to be laws against monopolies.
The billionaires keep us angry with their monopolization of news media.
There use to be laws against monopolies.
The primary goal of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is to steal their resources and meet its broader strategy of market monopolization and price manipulation. Ukraine holds over 110 billion tons of proven mineral reserves across 100+ resource types. It is valued between $15 - $26 trillion. #opcanary 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 10:09 AM
The primary goal of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is to steal their resources and meet its broader strategy of market monopolization and price manipulation. Ukraine holds over 110 billion tons of proven mineral reserves across 100+ resource types. It is valued between $15 - $26 trillion. #opcanary 🧵
what if reducing the internet to ~5 platforms through unchecked monopolization was a bad idea 🤔
Elon admits that any post on X with a link is throttled
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
November 25, 2024 at 7:54 PM
what if reducing the internet to ~5 platforms through unchecked monopolization was a bad idea 🤔
"one of the surest strategies for amassing autocratic power is what I call deliberate deliteracy: the destruction, restriction, and monopolization of the infrastructures that make mass literacy possible."
www.theamericanvandal.com/p/neuroplast...
www.theamericanvandal.com/p/neuroplast...
Neuroplasticity As A Praxis
We Can Read Our Way Out Of Autocracy
www.theamericanvandal.com
August 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
"one of the surest strategies for amassing autocratic power is what I call deliberate deliteracy: the destruction, restriction, and monopolization of the infrastructures that make mass literacy possible."
www.theamericanvandal.com/p/neuroplast...
www.theamericanvandal.com/p/neuroplast...