[xLaszlo]

It's a question of "What is the economy for?"

Disruptive tech monopolies upset entire existing industries for the sake of their owners/shareholders/employees, which is usually tiny compared to the said industries.

(Think of FB/Google advertisement centralisation as the end of other media providers.)

[jlangenauer]

And have significant externalities which democratic societies must bear, but allow for the tech monopoly shareholders to reap more profits.

[SubmarineClub]

And textile mills completely decimated the "putting-out" system of production.