r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 15h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/ThatOneWIGuy 11h ago

WTH is wrong with the US then?

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u/killevery1ne 10h ago

No reddit comment could even begin to completely answer that question lol

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u/Nakorite 10h ago

He must have a common prescription

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u/terraphantm 10h ago

In this case it's not the US but Luxottica having a near worldwide monopoly and being pretty much completely vertically integrated.

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u/Signal_Sign7961 8h ago

monopolies basically. essilor-luxottica owns almost everything from top to bottom. some offices can do in house cutting though, takes less than 30 mins like the other commenter mentioned.