[t0lo]

Especially when you realise that our tolerance for AI propping up the rest of the economy has stifled the "natural selection" that weeds out poor performers and poor business choices and rewards innovation and success. An imprecise economy is a worrying thing.

[AtlasBarfed]

Your comment assumes that there is a healthy, competitive situation in US markets, with a dozen players actively competing

This is not the case. Virtually every segment of the US economy is dominated by cartels or monopolies with little desire to innovate.