Except that the very first recorded monopoly was not with the help of the state/government at all, but by sheer willpower and experiment of one single individual. He managed to corner the market on olive presses and he could have ruined an entire country if he wanted to. Yes, the corporate criminals are aided by what many believe to be government, but it's no stretch of the imagination to consider that wealth can be used as a weapon and consolidate in such a way that it makes it extremely difficult to compete and very unprofitable. Hence without a system of arbitration under which even the most powerful can be vice like squeezed into we are at best at their whims. Yes, the system needs to be constantly checked and any rot swiftly removed, and without the diligence to do so it is no wonder that the system is in misuse.

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