So hear me out. If there’s a company that’s willing to invest in controlling everything, and is willing and able to handle it at a reasonable cost for the consumer, then it should be allowed. It’s not like it’s any different today anyway. You have these super corporations that own the smaller corporations that handle various industries. Take Johnson & Johnson for example. They 275 subsidiaries. Meaning that J&J get money for every new product that occurs in the subsidiaries. You don’t even know some of the things they’re involved with.
And stunning number for a company is Nestlé which has around 2000 subsidiaries. So what’s the point of anti monopoly laws anymore? They found a way, so why should they be allowed to hide who they own? The everyday Joe and Jane have already figured out that things aren’t the way they appear, so I think we’re on the cusp of a full truth era where subsidiaries are going to start being involved in monopolization. These companies skirted the truth for too long, and we as individual citizens should put focus on and shut down subsidiaries
I’m going to assume that no education in microeconomics have gone into this post. I’ve worked for monopoly and non-monopoly companies and, even without thinking about the very basic supply/demand graphs, I can tell you, pricing of the product is very different.
Here is s hint, price-point is very different for each. One will screw you over way more than the other one. Im not trying to sound snarky but please, honestly, educate yourself on the subject. Once a company reaches a monopoly status, price for consumer is very different beast than before.