I think this misses the bigger problem. Much like the MIC, big tech is a matter of national security. If the USG doesn’t get involved with their own home grown

I think this misses the bigger problem. Much like the MIC, big tech is a matter of national security. If the USG doesn’t get involved with their own home grown tech companies, nothing is stopping other state powers from doing so. Freedom of religion came at a time when long-distance communication traveled very slow, in a country with oceans for borders. In a typical (old world) situation religious consolidation makes sense for a state, religion is the only thing that significantly threatens state power besides other states. This was even more true 300 years ago. Today’s tech companies aren’t a challenger to state power; people mostly hate Mark Z. & Jeff B., rather tech is the very fabric that the state is made of.