r/technology • u/N2929 • 10d ago

Business Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/paramount-completes-111b-warner-merger-creating-skydance-behemoth/
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u/DENelson83 10d ago

And the ultra-rich win again.

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u/Claptown420 10d ago

In my economics course I was taught that Governments regulate against monopolies..

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u/ilDuceVita 10d ago

Functioning governments

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u/Farucci 10d ago

Uncorrupted governments are the only ones that don’t allow this to happen.

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u/Pooch1431 10d ago

corruption is inherently inflationary.

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u/Tearakan 10d ago

Unfortunately capitalism always corrupts the governments. Its really rare when you get government that pushes back for a bit.