1. We are paying a higher price for not breaking them up. Their oligopoly is threatening to the survival of democracy and society. 2. If consumers paid for bre

1. We are paying a higher price for not breaking them up. Their oligopoly is threatening to the survival of democracy and society. 2. If consumers paid for breaking up the monopolies of the Gilded Age or even the Microsoft of the 90s, no one cares or remembers. We just remember that it was a good idea and made the world and economy a lot better. We're in a new Gilded Age and it is a threat to human survival.