You might think that just because this kind of corporate consolidation and profitization is precisely what economic models of capitalism predict in absence of careful regulation, that maybe this is a good example of capitalism, but actually no it's “a perversion of capitalism created by our legal system”

Private equity firms are leading the charge in enshittifying your burger experience. Brendan Ballou, former DOJ special counsel for private equity, has described these opaque entities as “a perversion of capitalism created by our legal system,” and they’ve sunk their teeth into a sprawling collection of familiar restaurant names, from big national chains to regional spots you may think of as local. At the food website Ravenous, you can find a list of restaurants affected, including some of the biggest names in the burger pantheon, like Burger King, Sonic, Wendy’s, and Whataburger.

Corporate America ruins everything

If you don't want corporations to make bigger profits you're communist. And communism is bad.

Wait, so the capitalist class will tend to serve the public the lowest quality slop they can get away with charging sky high prices for? This is surprising news to me. Amazing.

Can we stop inventing stories from Reddit opinions? Was there a single number or set of numbers used at all to accurately describe what they are complaining about?

Not my burger!