@Eiregoat @Escoffier @TactlessWookie @sickburnbro @wing_str and here we veer off again into Lolbertstan
evidence that this is not the case: all of modern society
the very first action of any entremanure who strikes it rich: find a way to hamstring all of his competition
the second action is to find a way to make it impossible for his customers to avoid paying the rent, which gets jacked up to obscene levels
"economic power" is not in any way different from "any other kind of power", and if it is misused - and it is 100% misused these days - it must be broken up