Reply #3: I suppose. It's a global problem, one of the results of "globalization".

[bemildred]

The biggest ignored problem with "globalization" it that it creates these companies that are "too big to fail". In other contexts these are called "single points of failure" and "bottlenecks", and are considered to be design flaws. Robust systems are not centralized, and are redundant. But you cannot extort the highest returns, in the short term, that way. Parasites short-circuit controls in their own self-interest.

The question is exactly how shitty it has to get before people wise up.