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@sundancer – A number of countries, I would guess most, do have regulatory agencies that are supposed to at least make sure there is competition in a market, so that the consumer has choice.

They are supposed to examine buyouts, takeovers, mergers, acquisitions, etc, and rule out any that will lead monopolies, duopolies, etc.

In New Zealand that agency is called the Commerce Commission, and it has failed in that task.  For example, we only have 2 big Aussie Corps that own the 4 supermarket chains here – 2 each – and they are, of course, making record profits each year.  Quelle surprise.

Not only does the NZ agency make the rulings, it also investigates the results afterwards, maybe decades later, of how the market is operating… Then they bring out the wet bus ticket and do sweet FA, because they are never really going to admit that they were wrong in the first place, even when the people that made the original decision are long gone.

Hasbro probably should never have been allowed to buy up the companies that originally produced DnD and MtG.  GlobalMegaCorps should never really exist.  They have too much power and influence over countries.