The question this headline poses implies that we should tolerate the existence of tech monopolies, and this is a premise we should question -- or summarily dism

The question this headline poses implies that we should tolerate the existence of tech monopolies, and this is a premise we should question -- or summarily dismiss. Instead of merely taxing monopolies, we should be cutting them apart. It's one thing to have your own business. You have no business trying to have your own empire while still claiming to be a citizen of the United States. If your business is capable of dictating terms to democratically elected officials, then your business is indeed an empire and thus inimical to the democratic republic some of us in the US still care enough to try to maintain. Your private empire should therefore be broken up, because money is like power. No individual should have too much of either, lest they yield to the temptation to set themselves above and apart from everybody else.