Paraphrasing a little bit, but > Why don't you start X to compete with a trillion dollar behemoth Y? Because if they think they can make a profit, they have a

Paraphrasing a little bit, but > Why don't you start X to compete with a trillion dollar behemoth Y? Because if they think they can make a profit, they have a trillion dollar that they will freely leverage to strangle the living air out of your company. Weak US anti-trust laws won't do anything until there is a "significant, provable harm to the consumer". The general lesson here is more capitalism won't solve the issues of unchecked capitalism, you will have to get the legislative system to intervene to make sure you can have fair competition in the market.