They don't need to take on the monopoly on violence to become more powerful than governments, the sheer act of repeatedly breaking laws, many times knowingly be

They don't need to take on the monopoly on violence to become more powerful than governments, the sheer act of repeatedly breaking laws, many times knowingly because the punishment is either not levied or they can just pay their way out of it, is an act of being above the power of the State. Now Big Tech is such a large percentage of the USA's stock market valuation that there's no political will to reign on them, and they feel free to try to break other countries' laws since the USA's government will be backing them up if they pick a big enough fight, it's the golden goose, they know it and they use and will continue to use that power.