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Is Disney a Monopoly yet?


is it?

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Hell when was it not?

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when Michael Eisner was fighting it from the inside cutting the heads of the hydra (The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna)

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Okay I dunno what that means. A hydra? I thought that was some kinda sponge.

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By definition it isn't. It's an oligopoly. And companies may be a bit more stable nowadays, but I think Disney is far from untouchable

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Breaking that word down, as much as I can, being tired and a bit buzzed, - it sounds sinister. At least by today's standards and definitions.
Once upon a time the feds would actually use their rights to break up dangerously powerful monopolies but the greed and corruption in our government, from top to bottom, could very possibly have weakened their ability to do so past the point of no return. I'm afraid these "high class" (what a damn joke) white collar politician/criminals have finally managed to figuratively shoot themselves in the damn face.
Pray for these stupendously massive companies, corporations, whatever to be taken apart by whatever means necessary and available.
I'm afraid that for some it might even have to involve the national guard. I'm not exaggerating.

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I was just going to ask the same thing too..

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It's sure acting like one, swallowing up Star Wars and Marvel like it did. Disney also owns Amblin and Touchstone Pictures.

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they own a chunk of Hulu

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And Fox

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As long as it hasn't aquired the rights of Minions. Minions is the only IP powerful enough to go head-to-head with The House of Mickey. The time Minions get bought by Disney is the time Disney becomes a monopoly.

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what about Shrek?

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Shrek is dormant. Also Shrek looks terrible, not many people want to wear clothes / bags or collecting ugly green ogres and donkey toys. Minions and Mickey Mouse, on the other hand looks good. They are like on different level.

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do you not know of the Power of Shrek and how it will eventually be a religion?

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I know. Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life. Still, no mainstream appeal unlike Minions and Mickey Mouse.

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only 50 year old women like minions

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Plenty of children like Minions too.

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naw fake news they've moved on or are babies and have no say what they wear

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CNN is fake news. Minions are the real deal.

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kids liking minions is fake news

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No, it's real news. Just like Fox News. All real 100% really real.

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What about Spongebob?

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Spongebob is quite popular but not on the same level as Minions and Disney's properties.

Minions series of movies has grossed a total of more than $3.7 billion, with an average of over $927 million per film, making it the highest-grossing animated film franchise of all time. OF. ALL. TIME.

Spongebob can't touch this.

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No, but it's becoming pretty damned close.

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