> The U.S. keeps consolidating, the "spin" is that it's all about lower costs to the consumer by allowing "scale", when it reality it's just about monopoly powe

> The U.S. keeps consolidating, the "spin" is that it's all about lower costs to the consumer by allowing "scale", when it reality it's just about monopoly power and the ultra rich getting richer and more powerful. This is happen all over the world, it's not an American thing. > A two party government. Doesn't matter if the number of parties is 2 or 20. The problem is: the government doesn't have limits. Two things we urgently need, IMO: - An improved and very aggressive antitrust law. - Dramatically reduce what a government can or can't do. Without those two things, I don't hold too much hope of living in a free world.