Do we like a monopoly or multiple monopolies? No, I'm not talking about Monopoly the game or Mr. Monopoly; I'm talking about big corporations owning a lot of other corporations. Obviously, one monopoly would be bad and probably illegal, but our purchases would probably say otherwise.

Let's take a look at Disney. Disney owns "The Muppets," "Indiana Jones," "Star Wars," Marvel, Maker Studios, ESPN, ABC and a bunch of other stuff I like. The problem is that I love all of these properties and buy things from all of these properties whether they're figures, movies, or clothing, and apparently so does the rest of the world. Have you seen how much money one "Star Wars" movie made? Even if the average person wanted to avoid a huge corporation like Disney, they'll walk right into another one!

Let's look at Sony. Sony has a partnership with Coca-Cola and owns Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures, Sony Vaio, MP3 Players, TriStar Pictures, TriStar Television, Columbia Pictures Television and apparently Adam Sandler. Okay, maybe they don't actually own Adam Sandler, but look at how many movies he has made for them.

Taking a step back from looking at corporations from a movie or franchise standpoint, let's look at Apple. They have iPhones, iPads, iWatches, iPods, iTunes and presumably a lot more.

Big corporations have been embedded in our consumer world in ways they have never been before. Now this may not seem like news to you, but really thinking about how much one or two corporations own is really crazy, especially when it seems like they control our lives. Do we see this as a problem? Maybe some of us do, but lets face it, nobody is going to buy dollar store products or anything that is super low budget unless they're in a financial situation. I suppose I don't mind monopoly-esque corporations as long as they aren't saying or doing anything wrong, are not the sole monopoly, and if they're making things I like or need, but it's still weird nevertheless. I guess just simply being aware of the fact that almost everything is corporate rather than buying things blissfully ignorant is better than nothing.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get my McDonald's burger and Coca-Cola drink so I can finally go home, turn my Nintendo Wii on and watch some Netflix.