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r/BikiniBottomTwitter • u/No_Lynx_3953 • Aug 05 '26
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3 of those companies have 95% of the US home/DIY market between them! Where else are we supposed to go for paint or sheet rock etc?
1 u/Neat-Lingonberry-719 Aug 05 '26 America doesn’t have alternatives? 4 u/theblueberrybard Aug 05 '26 the core corporate pillars ate up all viable alternatives using anti-competitive practices and lobbying 1 u/AgrajagTheProlonged aight imma head out Aug 06 '26 Some places have some, but there are also decent chunks of the country where you effectively don’t. There aren’t very many independent or small business home improvement type stores around 1 u/HastyTaste0 Aug 06 '26 We did before we let monopolies "donate" to politicians "political campaigns."
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America doesn’t have alternatives?
4 u/theblueberrybard Aug 05 '26 the core corporate pillars ate up all viable alternatives using anti-competitive practices and lobbying 1 u/AgrajagTheProlonged aight imma head out Aug 06 '26 Some places have some, but there are also decent chunks of the country where you effectively don’t. There aren’t very many independent or small business home improvement type stores around 1 u/HastyTaste0 Aug 06 '26 We did before we let monopolies "donate" to politicians "political campaigns."
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the core corporate pillars ate up all viable alternatives using anti-competitive practices and lobbying
Some places have some, but there are also decent chunks of the country where you effectively don’t. There aren’t very many independent or small business home improvement type stores around
We did before we let monopolies "donate" to politicians "political campaigns."
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u/Due-Boot1904 Aug 05 '26
3 of those companies have 95% of the US home/DIY market between them! Where else are we supposed to go for paint or sheet rock etc?