Netflix Buys Warner Bros Because Seeing Fewer Giants Is Way More Fun

KEY POINTS

•Netflix announced in December 2025 that it will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets, combining two massive platforms.
•This acquisition follows a trend of soaring dealmaking from the Trump administration's friendlier regulatory environment impacting multiple sectors.
•Concentration of wealth and market power is increasing, with the top 10% of earners responsible for half of all US consumer spending.

In a move straight out of Monopoly but with slightly prettier logos, Netflix announced on a chill Friday in 2025 that it’s snatching Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets. This mega-merger follows a Trump-era playbook where deals zoom faster than good WiFi speeds thanks to friendlier regulators. Netflix, which quit bragging about subscriber counts months ago (probably because they peaked like a bad Tinder date), is doubling down on scale because you can’t grow forever—unless you’re a toddler or Elon Musk’s ego. Meanwhile, a mere handful of AI-obsessed mega-cap stocks now dominate 40% of the S&P 500, while America’s top 10% of earners spend half the country’s money like it’s going out of style. So, if these few giants sneeze, prepare your prayer apps because this concentrated market could become the financial equivalent of a trust fund kid’s breakup: messy and painfully obvious. Welcome to the era where the economy’s winning hand belongs to a select few—and no, your one AI stock can’t have fun at this party alone.