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Bernie Sanders: “Large conglomerates control prices to a large degree and how…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Who Owns America? Bernie Sanders Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Published | Video Starts at 47:02

It's a good theory and occasionally it works. But right now, whether it's big tech or major industry after major industry, that is not the case. They are controlled by Large conglomerates control prices to a large degree and how they treat their workers. It's not just that. It's also terrifying for diseases because you know, if you look at like some of the biggest diseases that have gone through the US like in the food, it's oftentimes because it goes through one plant, it goes through one company. (47:02–47:13)

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Asserts that large conglomerates have significant control over prices and worker treatment.

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