This is actual election interference
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Counterpoint: There shouldn't be any companies that dominant because government programs are what build these companies up. Just look at how many benefits, tax breaks, incentive programs and more Amazon alone get. Look at how cities have literally tried to throw money at Amazon to get them to open a warehouse in their city (the rationale being that they provide jobs). And it's not limited to a handful of companies. The entire aviation industry is BUILT upon this system. How many times have airline companies been bailed out? What about the pharma industry that is, yet again, propped up by government market interference?
These companies become dominant because of market interference. They become dominant through literally uneven ground. The idea of a free market doesn't exist when bailouts, tax breaks and financial incentives are as common as they are. Is the market "free-er" than other markets out there? Absolutely. But an argument in relativity means nothing when discussing objective measures. And the reality is that growing economic divide and a lack of economic mobility are directly caused through government market forces, not a lack-there-of.
Trust busting is a result of government losing control of what they themselves created. It's got nothing to do with protecting the public.