Permit me to present today's example of monopoly capitalism.
Nestlé S.A.
Nestlé — Nespresso — Nescafe — KitKat — Smarties — Nesquik — Stouffer’s — Vittel — Maggi — L’Oreal — Etc.
Twenty-nine (29) of the top Nestlé brands each have annual sales of over 1 billion CHF (about US$1.1 billion, A number of corporate acquisitions including Crosse & Blackwell in 1960, Findus in 1963, Libby's in 1971, Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, Klim in 1998, and Gerber in 2007.
(The study of Canada's depleting fresh water reservoirs is astonishing)