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Or it could be that there are fewer anti-monopoly laws, and that's resulted in huge megacorporations, especially in areas like banking.



...not to mention things like the patent system, which also help the established.


That too, but the patent system hasn't changed since 1980, whereas enforcement of laws against monopolies declined.


The courts have changed the way they interact with the patent system multiple times since then.




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