People always bitch and complain about monopolies, but are all too happy to keep ordering away on Amazon and googling like a motherfucker. I get it, there’s not a lot of alternatives, especially when our jobs depend on these giant conglomerates. But this was a wake up call. The fact that a tiny mistake or flip of the switch can decimate our country (and quite honestly, the world), is terrifying. The U.S. has always had big companies that have failed and ruined select sections of society, but never like this. When the unions destroyed the auto industry in Detroit, forcing them to flee to Mexico and Asia, it killed a city, but honestly helped the industry make cars for a better margin without killing the consumer. Steel was another industry that really hurt middle- and lower-class Americans living in cities, but that too, was recoverable. The closest example we have to today is the stock market crash of the late 20s destroying our economy for years. If it had not been for FDR extending the Great Depression into the 40s, our industries would have bounced back in less than a decade.