Yes, and governments benefit greatly from monopolies in the form of control. Consider any heavily fragmented market with several small players where control is

Yes, and governments benefit greatly from monopolies in the form of control. Consider any heavily fragmented market with several small players where control is decentralized. It’s more difficult for governments to coordinate with all these smaller players to get stuff done, like wiretapping or getting data off a server. It’s much easier for a government to sanction monopolies so they can go to a few, more powerful players, to accomplish the goal of control.