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0 pointsvoisin2y ago0 comments

> a couple duopolies have captured the entire economy

This is by far the most horrifying component of being Canadian. Every single thing you interact with in your life is dominated by 2-4 companies with, collectively, 100% market share, and they all have tacit or actual agreements with each other not to tread on the other’s territory or to rock the boat in any real manner. Prices are way higher than they should be in nearly every aspect of your life.

But we feel good about not being American because we don’t have mass shootings or Trump. Honestly, our entire coping mechanism is looking at the worst aspects of America and ignoring the best.

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nerdponx2y ago

If it makes you feel better, this is the glorious endgame for American companies as well, and the fact that it hasn't yet come to pass is not by virtue of the federal government being effective.

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0 pointsvoisin2y ago0 comments

> a couple duopolies have captured the entire economy

But we feel good about not being American because we don’t have mass shootings or Trump. Honestly, our entire coping mechanism is looking at the worst aspects of America and ignoring the best.

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nerdponx2y ago

If it makes you feel better, this is the glorious endgame for American companies as well, and the fact that it hasn't yet come to pass is not by virtue of the federal government being effective.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse