Monopolies consume the American economy. GDP goes up, because the corporate sector is super consolidated and it's jacking up prices and slashing wages, leaving more for profits and dividends.
Society grows progressively less stable. Policies that benefit the wealthy at the expense of everyone else - ignoring the climate emergency, slashing the safety net, starving infrastructure, etc - dominate. Inequality worsens. No one can afford a house, health care, or university.
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