Another way to look at it is: which big companies are politically popular to go after? A big reason companies like Comcast largely stay under the radar is that

Another way to look at it is: which big companies are politically popular to go after? A big reason companies like Comcast largely stay under the radar is that they donate to many legislators in both parties in Congress, and they have money to mount challenges to legislators that don’t toe the line. Comcast maintains stability of their influence. Going after Comcast wouldn’t likely yield much while risking political capital. Google OTOH has created a lot of enemies in both parties. There’s political momentum to knock them down a peg by the progressive left and the far right, albeit for different reasons. When you start to see that kind of consensus forming, the likelihood of action taken against them increases. > The government has a lot of power, and often for good reason, but that power can only be respected when it is wielded dispassionately, not to settle personal scores. This statement fundamentally ignores the reality of politics, particularly in our current era. To suggest that government is capable of acting dispassionately is to ignore the long and deep personal conflicts that have existed throughout history. It ignores the reality that money and influence, both of which are deployed to deeply personal ends on both sides of the political spectrum. Political power can not be wielded dispassionately because political power can not be attained dispassionately.