In many other industries, there really are only 2-3 major employers you could work for. My sister's choices (petroleum geologist) are basically limited to ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, BP, and to a lesser extent Valero. If you're an auto assembly worker in Detroit, your choices are basically Ford, GM, and Chrysler.
My point isn't that you'll get fair treatment (you won't), it's that life's not fair. It sucks to be an employee, it sucks to be a small business owner, and it particularly sucks to be one of the above when all your counterparties are giant monopolies. But as a society, our response to most people in these positions is "Suck it up and deal - you knew what you were getting into when you took the job." News Corp has been on the winning side of the "We're the only game in town" bargain a lot - they just finally met someone who plays the game better than they do. I really dislike the idea of changing the rules of the game because one billionaire is suddenly losing, when we didn't change the game when millions of middle-class families were losing.
My point isn't that you'll get fair treatment (you won't), it's that life's not fair. It sucks to be an employee, it sucks to be a small business owner, and it particularly sucks to be one of the above when all your counterparties are giant monopolies. But as a society, our response to most people in these positions is "Suck it up and deal - you knew what you were getting into when you took the job." News Corp has been on the winning side of the "We're the only game in town" bargain a lot - they just finally met someone who plays the game better than they do. I really dislike the idea of changing the rules of the game because one billionaire is suddenly losing, when we didn't change the game when millions of middle-class families were losing.