Once again, the liberal elites are showing Americans exactly whose side they’re on—and it’s not yours. In a ridiculous display of regulatory overreach, twelve Democrat-run states led by California’s Attorney General are banding together to block Paramount’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. They claim this merger would kill competition, hike up prices, and hurt movie quality. What they’re really doing? Piling on government roadblocks where free markets and creative American business used to thrive.
These blue-state politicians are stuck in the past, pretending that blocking big companies is the only way to protect consumers. It’s the same tired “big is bad” diatribe we’ve heard for decades, even as Hollywood itself struggles to produce anything worth watching. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice—no friend to conservatives—already cleared the merger, saying increased competition would boost choices for American families. But that’s not good enough for the self-appointed liberal gatekeepers. Apparently, when Washington isn’t blocking deals, the states will swoop in to do the job.
Let’s be honest: When was the last time Warner Bros. or Paramount delivered a genuine blockbuster that spoke to ordinary Americans? Hollywood has become a leftist playground, churning out lecture after lecture, losing touch with the people who once filled their theaters. While left-wing officials wring their hands about competition, the real threat to creative storytelling isn’t consolidation—it’s their own suffocating, woke groupthink that kills creativity before it gets on screen.
And here’s the best part that the Democrats ignore: Fresh blood is already shaking up the movie industry from the ground up. Independent filmmakers are doing what the studio suits can’t—actually making movies Americans want to see. Look at the enormous success of indie hits pulled off on shoestring budgets, while the mainstream studios keep pumping out flops and bleeding cash. If there’s real competition, it’s coming from the outsiders—regular Americans, not elitist big-shots or career bureaucrats.
The hypocrites blocking this merger love to talk about “protecting opportunity” while crushing new ways of doing business and freezing out real innovation. They pretend to have the little guy’s back but, as usual, they only serve their own power and the globalist agenda of government control. Hollywood, far-left politicians, and their allies act like they know better than the millions of Americans voting with their wallets. Is it any wonder audiences are tuning out, walking away, and searching for entertainment they can actually believe in?
If these blue-state AGs want to revive American film, maybe they should stop trying to run everything from Sacramento and Albany, and let freedom and the free market do what bureaucrats never can. Or is that too scary for liberals terrified of losing control over what you see and hear?
Source: Townhall
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