In most cases capitalism tends to self regulation. If any company gets too far off track, people stop using it thus giving it incentive to stay on a level plane with others. Only when companies become megalithic and control the market is there trouble, but regulations prevent it.
The problem with a capitalist ethos dominating govt is that of itself it has no conscience. It is the job of government to regulate the system, not serve the system so it can exploit the people. Regulated capitalism has done great good; unregulated capitalism has done great harm
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Replying to @cmas1
That’s like a fantasy or something. We basically stopped busting monopolies in the 1980s.

Mar 7, 2021 · 7:46 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
That's your opinion. It depends on how you define "monopoly". Several independent companies under one umbrella isn't a monopoly, many groups all controlled by an individual entity is a monopoly. Groups like ATT barely avoid monopoly status, as dies Google and Facebook.