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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4236352" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">AND YOU MUST BE THE MONOPOLY GUYYYY:</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">Matt Stoller</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">@matthewstoller</a></p><p>·</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184165191367512066" target="_blank">Oct 15</a></p><p>1. There is a crisis of capitalism right now, and that is the overriding problem in our world. No one trusts our economic system, it is abusive to everyone attached to it, even the super-rich. This system is branded as capitalism, but really it is a system of monopolies.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">Matt Stoller</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">@matthewstoller</a></p><p>·</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184165479893684230" target="_blank">Oct 15</a></p><p>Replying to</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">@matthewstoller</a></p><p>2. Since I started working on the monopoly problem, I've learned of monopolies *everywhere.* There's the big stuff, like airlines who can kill cities by changing airline routes. And Google, Facebook, and Amazon organizing our public commons. But monopolies exist in small markets.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1180516130340970498/xkpgVSP__x96.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">Matt Stoller</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">@matthewstoller</a></p><p>·</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184165986049626112" target="_blank">Oct 15</a></p><p>3. Business software is rife with concentrated power. Microsoft is killing Zoom and Slack with its inferior yet free offerings.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1180516130340970498/xkpgVSP__x96.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">Matt Stoller</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">@matthewstoller</a></p><p>·</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184166195332812806" target="_blank">Oct 15</a></p><p>4. There's a voting machine oligopoly.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">Matt Stoller</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">@matthewstoller</a></p><p>·</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184166411918336000" target="_blank">Oct 15</a></p><p>5. People know about too big to fail banks, but one reason smaller banks have trouble competing with the big guys is because of the *bank software monopoly.*</p><p></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">Matt Stoller</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">@matthewstoller</a></p><p>·</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184166846519484416" target="_blank">Oct 15</a></p><p>6. The syringe market has a huge monopoly problem.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">Matt Stoller</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">@matthewstoller</a></p><p>·</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184167168092655617" target="_blank">Oct 15</a></p><p>7. Candy. Pet and Pet Supplies Stores. Ambulance manufacturing. Coffins. Baby Formula. Dialysis. Concentrated market power is in every single nook and cranny of our culture.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1180516130340970498/xkpgVSP__x96.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">Matt Stoller</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">@matthewstoller</a></p><p>·</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184167343993344008" target="_blank">Oct 15</a></p><p>8. Today I learned there's a comic book distribution monopoly that picks and chooses which comic books get into stores.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">Matt Stoller</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank">@matthewstoller</a></p><p>·</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184167628614574082" target="_blank">Oct 15</a></p><p>9. Monopolies crush our culture and lead to centralization and censorship. The power of artists in Hollywood is right now being destroyed by consolidation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4236352, member: 56035"] [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller']AND YOU MUST BE THE MONOPOLY GUYYYY: Matt Stoller @matthewstoller[/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184165191367512066']Oct 15[/URL] 1. There is a crisis of capitalism right now, and that is the overriding problem in our world. No one trusts our economic system, it is abusive to everyone attached to it, even the super-rich. This system is branded as capitalism, but really it is a system of monopolies. [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller']Matt Stoller @matthewstoller[/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184165479893684230']Oct 15[/URL] Replying to [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller']@matthewstoller[/URL] 2. Since I started working on the monopoly problem, I've learned of monopolies *everywhere.* There's the big stuff, like airlines who can kill cities by changing airline routes. And Google, Facebook, and Amazon organizing our public commons. But monopolies exist in small markets. [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller'][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1180516130340970498/xkpgVSP__x96.jpg[/IMG] Matt Stoller @matthewstoller[/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184165986049626112']Oct 15[/URL] 3. Business software is rife with concentrated power. Microsoft is killing Zoom and Slack with its inferior yet free offerings. [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller'][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1180516130340970498/xkpgVSP__x96.jpg[/IMG] Matt Stoller @matthewstoller[/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184166195332812806']Oct 15[/URL] 4. There's a voting machine oligopoly. [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller']Matt Stoller @matthewstoller[/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184166411918336000']Oct 15[/URL] 5. People know about too big to fail banks, but one reason smaller banks have trouble competing with the big guys is because of the *bank software monopoly.* [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller']Matt Stoller @matthewstoller[/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184166846519484416']Oct 15[/URL] 6. The syringe market has a huge monopoly problem. [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller']Matt Stoller @matthewstoller[/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184167168092655617']Oct 15[/URL] 7. Candy. Pet and Pet Supplies Stores. Ambulance manufacturing. Coffins. Baby Formula. Dialysis. Concentrated market power is in every single nook and cranny of our culture. [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller'][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1180516130340970498/xkpgVSP__x96.jpg[/IMG] Matt Stoller @matthewstoller[/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184167343993344008']Oct 15[/URL] 8. Today I learned there's a comic book distribution monopoly that picks and chooses which comic books get into stores. [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller']Matt Stoller @matthewstoller[/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1184167628614574082']Oct 15[/URL] 9. Monopolies crush our culture and lead to centralization and censorship. The power of artists in Hollywood is right now being destroyed by consolidation. [/QUOTE]
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