The vicious cycle of monopolization:

1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.

"It's not worth the blood."
A way of dismissing a disagreement as being not important enough to kill someone over it. If said among friends it can be a way to say you are sorry or give forgiveness, but directed at anyone else it's a significant insult.
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"A woodsman's axe can learn to savor the taste of flesh." A warning not to push anyone who works for a living too far, and to acknowledge soldiers aren't the only ones who can fight. #NjorProverbs

"An old bear knows its own woods."
Both actual bear-hunting advice, a warning about home-court advantages, and commentary on what managing to grow old means in the harsh realms of the Njor.
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New blog post with a long-overdue Health Update. And, yes, that's a sad colon asking for help. owenkcstephens.com/2023/09/23/h...