> Basically, consolidation had created concentrated power, and the shock of <whatever> let them exploit it.

Once you see this pattern, you see it everywhere.

>While most normal people at the time thought someone was likely scamming them, that is not the message you heard from the industry, elite media, or economists. Throughout the alleged conspiracy, industry executives and analysts were saying that there was nothing to see except a supply shock of a disease killing lots of hens

The idea that something more nefarious than the bird flue was going on was very unpopular on HN at the time