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Every company should be owned by its employees (www.elysian.press)
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[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Okay so apparently a corporation bought them out in 2019. Looks like we are falling one by one corporate interest.

There used to be 100 government contractors know there are 4.

There used to be dozens of Telecom providers, now there are 3

You know how many places I've lived where I've had a choice of Internet provider? 0 Functionally a monopoly

I'm so close to giving up on this country because of the greed that is tearing it apart from the inside while everyone concerns themselves with talentless celebrities, Donald Trump included

I'm done being complacent. Something has to give

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There is more than 4 government contractors. I don't even have to ask which government to assert that.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Of course there are more than four, but an enormously disproportionate amount of our tax dollars go to four of them.

20% goes to Lockheed Martin alone.

General Dynamics swallowed up all of the companies I worked for in the first half of my career.

You probably also think that because there are thousands of small farmers that they actually have any market share.

The big fish are eating the small ones and getting bigger and bigger. This is what happens when you relax antitrust enforcement. Why do you think we keep getting involved in wars we have nothing to do with? These four have raked in billions facilitating the death of our children overseas for decades

Economics and trickle down is working so great right? Republicans would drive us into slavery we gave them the reins. And yes it is political just look at Reagan and his policies and how they have affected us today

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh look. A shifty slide from facts to ideology

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So you only read the one part that you wanted to read?

You're cool with one company taking 1/5 of the defense tax dollars? That is a fact not an ideology or opinion.

The consolidation of these companies is not an opinion or an ideology it is a fact. Reality

Do you want to argue the points orrr.....