Antitrust is not nostalgia for small companies—it is insurance that tomorrow’s platforms do not inherit yesterday’s gatekeeping.
Lina Khan
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The quote compresses a structural argument into a single metaphor: antitrust as insurance rather than sentiment. It is memorable, but it also sidesteps how aggressively that insurance should pay out.
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Episode discussion on platform power and merger review in the 2026 regulatory climate.
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…if every acquisition is efficiency until proven otherwise, you never get a market that can correct itself.
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