If you were alive in the 1990s, you'd recall the great religion of the free market. That language has disappeared from the political discourse, because almost

If you were alive in the 1990s, you'd recall the great religion of the free market. That language has disappeared from the political discourse, because almost all markets are at best cartels, at worst outright monopoly. Antitrust died with the Microsoft trial, an open and shit case with blatant public statement and evidence galore, and the court system failed us, likely by design. Best you can hope for now is denial of merger.