I believe that's the real issue. Anti-trust enforcement has all but vanished in the past couple of decades. It seems government is simply no longer interested (

I believe that's the real issue. Anti-trust enforcement has all but vanished in the past couple of decades. It seems government is simply no longer interested (or perhaps paid to be disinterested) in breaking up big companies. I'll go further and say that they are actively encouraging monopoly in certain cases (read: healthcare). The disastrous effects of this lack of enforcement are now becoming quite clear.