# Flashback Friday | #532: Breaking Up Monopolies

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Podcast: [Macroaggressions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/macroaggressions-974509)
Published: 2026-05-29T06:35:58+00:00
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## Resource

The United States government created the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890 because the country was facing serious problems due to the centralization of power into the hands of oligarchs in the oil, steel, and railroad industries. Standard Oil had 91% of the market share in the oil refining industry when it was broken up in 1911, but the remnants remain in the form of Exxon Mobile, Chevron, Amoco, Conoco, Marathon, and Atlantic Richfield. U.S. Steel almost felt the wrath of the Department of Justice, but market forces intervened, and Microsoft could have been broken up in 2001 had it not been for a legal act of God. What current company is heading in that direction towards total market domination? And what could a captured American government even do to stop it from happening? That probably depends on who got campaign donations and who did not. --- www.Macroaggressions.io Merch Store Link Tree Video Channels - Rumble | YouTube | Brighteon Activist Post - Newsletter Sign Up Audiobooks Hypocrazy The Octopus of Global Control Support Our Sponsors Replace Your Mortgage: www.WipeOutYourMortgageNow.com Ground Luxe Grounding Mats C60 Power | Promo Code: MACRO Chemical Free Body | Promo Code: MACRO Wise Wolf Gold & Silver LegalShield: www.DontGetPushedAround.com Christian Yordanov's Health Program Van Man The Dollar Vigilante Nesa’s Hemp | Promo Code: MACRO Augason Farms

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