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It’s only baffling if you believe the system works. It is entirely unsurprising if you believe that those monopolies are too rich and powerful to be attacked by

• avmich 6y ago
  So the question becomes then why people believe so much this - "that those monopolies are too rich and powerful to be attacked by politicians" - to not act, while they, the same people, don't seem to have similar beliefs in other issues.
  • pydry 6y ago
    Usually because it's also in the interests of a powerful group who piggybacks off popular support for an issue for their own purposes. Net neutrality was a good example of this - still good despite not being the most important issue du jour. Received attention because it's coincidentally in the interests of Google et al.