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5. Because it is more profitable for the owning/ruling class for the masses to suffer calamities

Sun May 22, 2022, 05:21 PM

May 2022

from time to time than it is to have things structured in such a way as to avoid them.

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Why don't we have several makers of infant formula in the U.S.? [View all] CTyankee May 2022 OP

it's a result of capitalism gone wild Skittles May 2022 #1

Yep Rebl2 May 2022 #10

Failure of anti-trust enforcement. elleng May 2022 #2

+1,000! SheltieLover May 2022 #3

+1, uponit7771 May 2022 #19

That and inthewind21 May 2022 #24

Around 1980 one of the more popular policy debate cases exboyfil May 2022 #4

Cheap foreign labor translates into higher profits for the importers FakeNoose May 2022 #6

$$$$$$$ in America it is always about the money. walkingman May 2022 #7

Guess Rebl2 May 2022 #12

Gotta offshore MOMFUDSKI May 2022 #9

There are 4 main companies but just closing one is problematic womanofthehills May 2022 #11

Competition was supposed to cause better products and prices pandr32 May 2022 #13

Except they don't admit that there's nothing free about our markets. lindysalsagal May 2022 #20

Exactly! pandr32 May 2022 #22

Best explanation I've seen is in this video.... KY_EnviroGuy May 2022 #14

We have 4 mcar May 2022 #15

and more than 2 is "several", so we have several. maxsolomon May 2022 #25

??? mcar May 2022 #27

right. I should have responded directly. maxsolomon May 2022 #29

Well, ok, but just this once mcar May 2022 #30

Competition is frowned upon in this country. Chainfire May 2022 #16

Two words: predatory capitalism Emile May 2022 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author SYFROYH May 2022 #18

There's not just one inthewind21 May 2022 #23

It's late stage, monopoly capitalism Dave says May 2022 #28

We have four jmowreader May 2022 #31