I don't like the breakup idea, but I like the idea of threatening the big tech companies, even crudely, so as to extort more R&D from firms that may eventually

I don't like the breakup idea, but I like the idea of threatening the big tech companies, even crudely, so as to extort more R&D from firms that may eventually revert to the low-investment, high divident BigCo norm when founders die/retire. Government contracting is corrupt and government agencies are not always good at productization and other stages of research BigCos combine the state's giant revenues and scale with the private sector's personnel discipline and agility. Breakup and civil settlement threats may effectively cajol firms into buying the goodwill of the state through breakthroughs that please voters and increase US power in the international system