>by definition I said "can openly" collude, not plain unadorned collude. Amazon buys a competitor and suddenly what would be considered collusion prior is was

>by definition I said "can openly" collude, not plain unadorned collude. Amazon buys a competitor and suddenly what would be considered collusion prior is washed clean, because someone else could bid too? My whole point is how silly this transformation from illegal to legal is, if at the same time you want to prevent unions. Unions BTW have similar restrictions to your second half of your comment (secondary strikes are illegal).