[brnt]

Always had the feeling this is a consequence of business and legislative culture. The US seems to favor large near a monopolists (Amazon, Walmart, two or three network operators, Facebook) and consequently people regard those places as semi-public fixtures of the environment which one cannot do without. Whereas in Europe still markets are much more plural and its easier and thus more common to move your business. When people say Europe does not produce behemoths, I see that as markets operating better than in the US and generally being a good thing.

[officialchicken]

> When people say Europe does not produce behemoths

Volkswagon, El Corte Englais, Credit Swiss, Ubisoft ... there's at least a few in each member EU state, just like the United States

[distances]

Large companies, but none of these are anywhere near forming a monopoly.