Competitive free markets are contrary to aristocratic ideology. Competition is expensive to the supplier, it costs them growth and profits. Of course they are i

Competitive free markets are contrary to aristocratic ideology. Competition is expensive to the supplier, it costs them growth and profits. Of course they are in favor of mergers, conglomeration, and anti-competitive practices, and will pay dearly to promote politicians, state and federal attorneys, and judges to not apply competition law and to weaken it. If consumers aren't paying attention when they vote, they're not just acknowledging their ignorance, they're giving up their one really powerful non-violent opportunity to force competitive markets to exist.