[American biased post, because that’s what I know and where I am]

Been screaming that capitalism is not the problem you are experiencing. Monopolies, or more to the point, cartels, have exploded in scope over the past 40-years. Think of a company you hate, a company that’s fucking you over, a company that’s fucking us ALL over. Bet they fit the bill.

Hate your job at Lowe’s? Go to Home Depot! wait… There’s a great family-owned, local hardware store, but I can’t afford to shop there.

Walgreens piss you off? Just go to CVS! well damn… New local pharmacy chain is really nice! They can’t take my insurance.

Don’t like your bank?

If you’re under 40, or maybe even under 50, I cannot relate how alien this all is, the words fail me. If you’re in your 20s or 30s, it’s easy to think it was always like this. Oh hell no it was not.

Along with allowing corporations unlimited political “speech”, i.e. campaign contributions, the proliferation of cartels will go down in history as America’s failing point. (Basically the same thing?)

News like the current entertainment mergers didn’t fucking happen. And here on lemmy we’re talking, with a straight face, about the ups and downs of the Netflix/Warner Bros./HBO merger. And if you’ll remember, Warner Bros./Time Warner/AOL was the largest merger in US history!

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
    17·
    2 days ago

    Everything in the post screams unfettered, unregulated capitalism as the underlying cause since it’s the system that allows and promotes this behavior.

    Also as a 40+ year old, I can remember that this has been the case too since I remember the wal-marts moving in and killing every local business with everyone smiling about cheap Chinese goods. Same as it ever was.

    • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
      13·
      2 days ago

      Well, unfettered China will soon take over, since they don’t have the same issues.

      I’m not even a China shill, I was very critical of China until.

      1. I got to see reports from my boss, his son, and some YouTube videos on how they are actually advancing, and how decent their society is becoming.

      2. I see how awful our countries are in general. (except Finland, Denmark, Norway, etc).

      3. Realize that they are wimning regardless, there’s no way we are overcoming their momentum. Say what you will about how good some country is, but this is no good! One country rulling the world is terrible, a recipe for the end times.