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The American death-care industry was built to comfort the living. Somewhere along the way, it became a quiet, self-serving machine. When grief strikes, logic vanishes. In that moment of profound vulnerability, you're ushered into a hushed room to negotiate the cost of final dignity. Prices are opaque, choices are overwhelming, and sales tactics are honed to perfection. Most people sign, pay - and try to forget. In this explosive extended essay, Charon's Intern pulls back the curtain on the hidden dysfunction inside the U.S. funeral business: a network of quiet monopolies, exploited grief, and deeply flawed regulation that most people never question until the bill arrives. Drawing on regulatory reports, court documents, and economic data, this work exposes how ethical intentions are compromised by corporate pressure, how trust erodes under quarterly profit goals, and how an industry vital to the public good escapes meaningful scrutiny. Discover the mechanisms behind emotional upselling, pre-need contract scams, and the regulatory gaps that let negligence hide in plain sight. At its core lies a single, urgent question: Can death care be rehumanized? This is a warning - and a blueprint for change. It challenges readers to imagine a future where digital transparency and verifiable accountability, not emotional secrecy, define the final journey. Read this before you ever walk into that room again.

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