“A monopoly is a market structure with a single seller or producer that assumes a dominant position in an industry or a sector. Monopolies are discouraged in free-market economies because they stifle competition, limit consumer substitutes, and thus, limit consumer choice.” ~investopedia

Nothing about needing to jack prices up. I’d say Amazon fits the description perfectly

Hey, while I agree with the others that it could be depression, there are a number of things that could be going on, but all of them are mental health related. I hope you’re in a country that has at least started to take mental health seriously. Could be codependent attachment, or ADHD, etc… you should definitely get her professional help. You could offer to go to couples counseling to ease her into it without making it feel like you’re attacking her. Say you feel like you’re struggling with communicating in your relationship and you’d like the two of you to see a counselor to help figure that out. If you find a good therapist they should recognize that’s there’s an issue with your wife and possibly suggest individual counseling as well. Good luck!

He is insolent

We can do both

Israel, Israel is the bad guy… Any country/person/company supporting Israel is the bad guy.

As the former slaves’ descendants were increasingly shoehorned into the new industrial prison complex

Crest 3D strips work well, but do not fall asleep with them in… I did that by accident, swallowed one of the strips and woke up in such excruciating pain I had to crawl to the bathroom and puke. Just as heads up

Fix the fucking election system… No more gerrymandering, money out, make voting day a holiday, make mail in easy, zero bullshit restrictions making voting harder, ranked choice, no electoral college, get a handle on primaries too

Lol… Fair point… It was for work though

Okay but that’s kinda how democracy is supposed to work… Blue states should also have organizations going into Red states to spread factual information… I’d probably start by letting them know how much money they are being forced to give to these other orgs, and how to stop it

Grew up in New England. My friend moved to Montana, and was absolutely bullshit that there wasn’t a Dunks on every corner… New England runs in Dunks, the rest of the US not so much. He felt like the “America runs in Dunks” ads we’d seen or whole lives were a lie, and so our whole lives were a lie lol

Good news! Post people donate heavily to Dems and not much to Republicans… Not sure about the dark money though… No idea why he’s got breakfast there… Think he might be losing it

They probably did… Folgers and Jimmy Dean are pretty right-wing, but Post gives mostly to Dems according to open secrets… I don’t know about the others

Just letting us know what not to buy ever again

Not sure if you’re just doing the prompt or really asking, but I’ve never heard the 6 word story given a name, so I’m not sure

Please God no

Please come home

Isn’t it: For sale: baby shoes, never worn

Yes, and remember, there’s like 100 people/families who are THE major shareholders for all the big corporations… But they make it impossible to figure out who exactly they are because they hide behind blackrock and vanguard… If we’re going to name and shame anyone, it should be the owners.

Pretty sure most of them gave up on freedom of the press a long time ago… Now they’re just pr for the oligarchy

The press needs to stop going to these things and stop reporting every little thing Trump does… Just treat him like they do Bernie, pretend he doesn’t exist