[justaguyhere]

There are just 4 companies that supply meat to all of US, there is just one company that supplies like half (or something in that range) of seeds, just 4-5 companies provide cable /internet services...

Monopoly is already a thing. A big part of the world is already controlled by just a handful of mega corporations and possibly just a few hundred ultra wealthy people. The internet is simply mirroring the real world :(

[nojvek]

Well corporations on the stock market are essentially reinforcement learning hive intelligence agents that are optimized for growth and profit.

So this is exactly what we’re getting. Megacorps chewing up everything to be as big as they can.

[jessaustin]

Your examples are even more horrific than what we were talking about in the first place...