The inevitable checkpoint of capitalism: monopolism
February 1, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The inevitable checkpoint of capitalism: monopolism
At the national level, policymakers, both Liberal and Conservative alike,…accepted…corporate profiteering and rising monopolism as normal…large private actors who profit from the sale of basic goods squeeze consumers…large dividends to shareholders - Luke Savage
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Boycott or not, Canadians are paying for Galen Weston’s castle
Calls are growing to boycott Loblaws in the month of May, but how do you boycott an oligopoly?
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January 1, 2026 at 10:59 PM
At the national level, policymakers, both Liberal and Conservative alike,…accepted…corporate profiteering and rising monopolism as normal…large private actors who profit from the sale of basic goods squeeze consumers…large dividends to shareholders - Luke Savage
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At the national level, policymakers, both Liberal and Conservative alike,…accepted…corporate profiteering and rising monopolism as normal…large private actors who profit from the sale of basic goods squeeze consumers…large dividends to shareholders. Luke Savage
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Boycott or not, Canadians are paying for Galen Weston’s castle
Calls are growing to boycott Loblaws in the month of May, but how do you boycott an oligopoly?
ricochet.media
January 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
At the national level, policymakers, both Liberal and Conservative alike,…accepted…corporate profiteering and rising monopolism as normal…large private actors who profit from the sale of basic goods squeeze consumers…large dividends to shareholders. Luke Savage
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I do think anti-monopolism is a powerful programme for the Left, but it ought not be the final destination - it's a good demand that is both immediately tactical and has vast strategic value. It'd be a mistake to make it the central feature of a left vision for the future tho.
December 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I do think anti-monopolism is a powerful programme for the Left, but it ought not be the final destination - it's a good demand that is both immediately tactical and has vast strategic value. It'd be a mistake to make it the central feature of a left vision for the future tho.
Alternative press creators should be guaranteed full public funding.
Instead of waiting years to deal with monopolism, the government should fully publicly fund all people, outlets, social media platforms, etc. now,
So that the landscape restructures itself.
Free Press For All.
Instead of waiting years to deal with monopolism, the government should fully publicly fund all people, outlets, social media platforms, etc. now,
So that the landscape restructures itself.
Free Press For All.
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Alternative press creators should be guaranteed full public funding.
Instead of waiting years to deal with monopolism, the government should fully publicly fund all people, outlets, social media platforms, etc. now,
So that the landscape restructures itself.
Free Press For All.
Instead of waiting years to deal with monopolism, the government should fully publicly fund all people, outlets, social media platforms, etc. now,
So that the landscape restructures itself.
Free Press For All.
The rich of the world avoid sanctioning one another to end war—they prefer profiteering. Negotiations address weapons sales, not real ownership. Rather than seize war capital, ‘diplomats’ deal meat grinding. Brussels, complicit. Macron, illegitimate. End monarchism, monopolism & ensuing oligarchy.
December 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The rich of the world avoid sanctioning one another to end war—they prefer profiteering. Negotiations address weapons sales, not real ownership. Rather than seize war capital, ‘diplomats’ deal meat grinding. Brussels, complicit. Macron, illegitimate. End monarchism, monopolism & ensuing oligarchy.
Men det jag förespråkar är inte vänsterretorik. Jag tycker att det röd-gröna blocket behöver fokusera mer på andra frågor. 6 timmars arbetsdag, anti-monopolism och modeller för att finansiera arbetarägda kooperativ är reformer som högern har väldigt svårt att reversera.
December 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Men det jag förespråkar är inte vänsterretorik. Jag tycker att det röd-gröna blocket behöver fokusera mer på andra frågor. 6 timmars arbetsdag, anti-monopolism och modeller för att finansiera arbetarägda kooperativ är reformer som högern har väldigt svårt att reversera.
You're right with AG subsidies and SNAP, sometimes they do just shoot themselves in the foot
The other stuff, I think elected Dems are still about free trade and urban tech monopolism, and aren't serious when they say otherwise
Understandably, Dems are urban, but then that obviates a rural left
The other stuff, I think elected Dems are still about free trade and urban tech monopolism, and aren't serious when they say otherwise
Understandably, Dems are urban, but then that obviates a rural left
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
You're right with AG subsidies and SNAP, sometimes they do just shoot themselves in the foot
The other stuff, I think elected Dems are still about free trade and urban tech monopolism, and aren't serious when they say otherwise
Understandably, Dems are urban, but then that obviates a rural left
The other stuff, I think elected Dems are still about free trade and urban tech monopolism, and aren't serious when they say otherwise
Understandably, Dems are urban, but then that obviates a rural left
Anti-monopolism will free all of those choked-off ideas. Monopolies have no competition.
Competition (who makes the best widget) breeds innovation.
Competition (who makes the best widget) breeds innovation.
December 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Anti-monopolism will free all of those choked-off ideas. Monopolies have no competition.
Competition (who makes the best widget) breeds innovation.
Competition (who makes the best widget) breeds innovation.
Capitalism is not evil. Corporatism and monopolism is. It's the result of *unregulated* capitalism. Adam Smith was strongly against unregulated capitalism because it destroys the (truly) free market he championed.
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Capitalism is not evil. Corporatism and monopolism is. It's the result of *unregulated* capitalism. Adam Smith was strongly against unregulated capitalism because it destroys the (truly) free market he championed.
But even this deeply flawed "solution" just plain doesn't work when corporate consolidation's ultimate goal of monopolism is achieved and a complete lack of competition means the only option on the market contains a common allergen.
This is the case right now.
This is the case right now.
December 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
But even this deeply flawed "solution" just plain doesn't work when corporate consolidation's ultimate goal of monopolism is achieved and a complete lack of competition means the only option on the market contains a common allergen.
This is the case right now.
This is the case right now.
Did we forget about this?
”At the national level, policymakers, both Liberal and Conservative alike, have simply accepted stratospheric corporate profiteering and rising monopolism as normal and tolerable developments beyond their control….. “
— Luke Savage
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”At the national level, policymakers, both Liberal and Conservative alike, have simply accepted stratospheric corporate profiteering and rising monopolism as normal and tolerable developments beyond their control….. “
— Luke Savage
ricochet.media/labour/class...
Boycott or not, Canadians are paying for Galen Weston’s castle
Calls are growing to boycott Loblaws in the month of May, but how do you boycott an oligopoly?
ricochet.media
December 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Did we forget about this?
”At the national level, policymakers, both Liberal and Conservative alike, have simply accepted stratospheric corporate profiteering and rising monopolism as normal and tolerable developments beyond their control….. “
— Luke Savage
ricochet.media/labour/class...
”At the national level, policymakers, both Liberal and Conservative alike, have simply accepted stratospheric corporate profiteering and rising monopolism as normal and tolerable developments beyond their control….. “
— Luke Savage
ricochet.media/labour/class...
This is rentier monopolism, capitalism is the opposite: you see someone charging a higher price than you, and you undercut them and reap the profits of a cheaper product.
Adam Smith addressed this in *The Wealth of Nations* and despised it:
Adam Smith addressed this in *The Wealth of Nations* and despised it:
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is rentier monopolism, capitalism is the opposite: you see someone charging a higher price than you, and you undercut them and reap the profits of a cheaper product.
Adam Smith addressed this in *The Wealth of Nations* and despised it:
Adam Smith addressed this in *The Wealth of Nations* and despised it:
Just like the recent "coalition" between Crunchyroll and HIDIVE (which will likely end in HIDIVE being bought out, leaving CR as the sole provider of anime to Western audiences) this entire period of unrestrained monopolism terrifies and enrages me.
The Ellison family’s desire to take over Warner Bros should alarm anyone concerned with U.S. propaganda & media consolidation—
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Just like the recent "coalition" between Crunchyroll and HIDIVE (which will likely end in HIDIVE being bought out, leaving CR as the sole provider of anime to Western audiences) this entire period of unrestrained monopolism terrifies and enrages me.
It's like the whole silicon valley cult is certain of its alchemical mastery over human behaviour, even though every new feature sucks shit. It's really that they're using their monopolism to keep that idea of themselves alive long after they stopped giving a shit about users or making anything good
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It's like the whole silicon valley cult is certain of its alchemical mastery over human behaviour, even though every new feature sucks shit. It's really that they're using their monopolism to keep that idea of themselves alive long after they stopped giving a shit about users or making anything good
You mean monopolism
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
You mean monopolism
specifically, they want to achieve a rentier monopoly
techs that might have other uses, they concentrate on the rentier monopoly usages
completely shit techs that have no actual use are still perfectly shaped for rentier monopolism, so they looove em
techs that might have other uses, they concentrate on the rentier monopoly usages
completely shit techs that have no actual use are still perfectly shaped for rentier monopolism, so they looove em
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
specifically, they want to achieve a rentier monopoly
techs that might have other uses, they concentrate on the rentier monopoly usages
completely shit techs that have no actual use are still perfectly shaped for rentier monopolism, so they looove em
techs that might have other uses, they concentrate on the rentier monopoly usages
completely shit techs that have no actual use are still perfectly shaped for rentier monopolism, so they looove em
Normaly i am against monopolism but there was a time when netflix was the Spotify for movies and i miss that times. Everything is so fractured now unlike in music. So for me this deal is the second best thing besides a real new rights arrangement for movies and series like it is for music.
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Normaly i am against monopolism but there was a time when netflix was the Spotify for movies and i miss that times. Everything is so fractured now unlike in music. So for me this deal is the second best thing besides a real new rights arrangement for movies and series like it is for music.
That is the key insight. This is not technical innovation. It is about acquiring the social clout to create and control markets. Monopolism via media.
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
That is the key insight. This is not technical innovation. It is about acquiring the social clout to create and control markets. Monopolism via media.
This is your semi-regular reminder that Monopoly, originally called "The Landlord's Game" was created to demonstrate the economic ill effects of land monopolism and the use of land value tax as a remedy for it.
Which is to say, #LandBack
Which is to say, #LandBack
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is your semi-regular reminder that Monopoly, originally called "The Landlord's Game" was created to demonstrate the economic ill effects of land monopolism and the use of land value tax as a remedy for it.
Which is to say, #LandBack
Which is to say, #LandBack
Happy Thanksgiving! Trump can take plausible credit for lower retail prices for turkey but chalk that up to indifference toward predatory monopolism among giant grocery chains. Side dishes are much pricier, especially (thanks to Trump’s steel tariffs) canned ones.
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
The Reality Behind Trump’s Wild Claims About Turkey Prices
Wholesale prices for turkey are up, not down, from last year. But that doesn’t mean your particular turkey is more expensive.
newrepublic.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Trump can take plausible credit for lower retail prices for turkey but chalk that up to indifference toward predatory monopolism among giant grocery chains. Side dishes are much pricier, especially (thanks to Trump’s steel tariffs) canned ones.
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Postmedia is far right propaganda and should be smashed to pieces for anti-monopolism reasons.
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Postmedia is far right propaganda and should be smashed to pieces for anti-monopolism reasons.
I’m not an economist—I’m just a psychologist—but I’ve long felt that capitalism naturally evolves toward monopoly. Given what I know about human behavior, monopolism (?) seems less like an accident and more like an inevitability.
#HumanTogether
#HumanTogether
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I’m not an economist—I’m just a psychologist—but I’ve long felt that capitalism naturally evolves toward monopoly. Given what I know about human behavior, monopolism (?) seems less like an accident and more like an inevitability.
#HumanTogether
#HumanTogether