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The New Gilded Age: How America Slipped Back Into Monopoly Rule

A handful of private empires now shape what we pay, what we see, and how far our voices carry and Washington all but surrendered the power to stop them.

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General Azmundus
Feb 26, 2026
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The Quiet Return of the Barons

If America feels harder to afford, navigate, and influence, it’s not your imagination. It’s the architecture. Over the past thirty years, we’ve quietly rebuilt something this country once fought to dismantle: a system where a handful of private empires decide what we pay, what we see, and how far our voices carry. This isn’…

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