[brc]

Monopolies can only happen with a large and determined government to reinforce them. Actual monopolies are exceedingly rare, and nobody has ever provided me with an example where the monopoly power was not in part or wholly provided by the government. No monopoly can overcome the power of technological innovation and the desire for lower cost goods and services in even the medium term.

Monopolies and planned economies are two sides of the over-sized/too-powerful government coin.

I'm all for stopping monopolies from forming, but the solution to that is not anti-trust style laws, but a focus on preventing the conditions that allow monopolies to continue.