Europe historically had a problem where powerful nobility owned massive portions of the economy outright. Competition? Maybe with an army. Today, it's a lot be

Europe historically had a problem where powerful nobility owned massive portions of the economy outright. Competition? Maybe with an army. Today, it's a lot better than it was, but in many places the powerful noblility have been replaced by other powerful interests and some industries still operate like they have the God-given right to supply automobile tires to the French people and all good men must express solidarity to expel these upstart invaders... :(