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Multiply this a millionfold, in every sector of our complex, high-tech world where we *necessarily* rely on skilled intermediaries to handle technical aspects of our lives that we can't - or shouldn't - manage ourselves. That world is beholden to predators who screw us and screw us and screw us, jacking up our rents:

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/yes-there-are-antitrust-voters-in

Cranking up the price of food:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/04/dont-let-your-meat-loaf/#meaty-beaty-big-and-bouncy

And *everything* else:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/attention-rents/#consumer-welfare-queens

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