All the biggest product brands in the world are owned by a handful of corporation. Food, cleaning products, banks, airlines, cars, media companiesā¦ everything is in the hands of these megacorporations. These graphics show how everything is connected and how we have an illusion of choices.
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Consumer goods
In the supermarketāas you can see in the graphic at the topāMondelez, Kraft, Coca-Cola, NestlĆ©, Pepsico, P&G, Johnson&Johnson, Mars, Danone, General Mills, Kelloggās, and Unilever own everything.
Financial assets
It doesnāt stop in the supermarket, of course. Our money isĀ all in the hands of a few megacorporations too.Ā Hereās all the stuff that merged into Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo since 1996. Now,Ā according to MotherJones,Ā 54% of all the financial assets in the United States are owned by just 10 institutions.
Studios and media companies
TV channels
Airlines
Your beer
Everything else
(Gizmodo)