#10 Greedbane Income Inequality Newsletter: Take Back the Grid

Why utilities became Wall Street’s favorite hostage—and how we build Local Power Blocs to break the grip

A Nation Built on Stolen Utilities

There was a time when water, power, and heat weren’t revenue streams—they were rights. Fought for. Protected. Public.

Now? Your faucet is a profit center. Your electric bill fuels shareholder bonuses. Your ability to stay warm in winter or connected online isn’t guaranteed—it’s leveraged, commodified, and sold back to you at a premium.

This isn’t capitalism as usual. This is corporate colonialism 2.0—and the battlefield is your infrastructure.

They’re not just coming for your wages anymore. That battle’s already underway. What they want now is everything beneath your feet. Your water. Your electricity. Your internet. Your basic ability to survive.

The private equity firms and monopolists didn’t invent this playbook. They just perfected it. Step one: buy public systems for pennies. Step two: gut the workforce. Step three: jack up rates. Step four: dump the liability on the public and walk away.

And we’re letting them do it.

Across America, communities are wa…