[MichaelZuo]

After 50 years of such choices being made it’s not suprising that it’s exponentially harder. The real question is why did Americans decide to do so en masse so many years ago.

[Spooky23]

We decided in the 1970s that all must be sacrificed on the alter of maximizing shareholder value.

[llbbdd]

What happened in the 70s?

[sokka_h2otribe]

Change in the anti monopoly enforcement norms near the end of the 70s