I have not said anything which even slightly resembles such a thing.
Post 2:
"There is too much power concentrated in these companies."
Post 16:
"The power of these companies needs to be distributed among the people."
Post 28:
"Power must be distributed."
Those are your words - on *this* thread.
As I said - Money is power. The definition of successful as a company selling goods and services is making money. They use that money to wield power - which you seem to think is too concentrated and must be "distributed" among the people.
That's right out of the communist manifesto my friend. Hell, "Power to the People" is an old t-shirt/bumper sticker slogan from the sixties and seventies.
The Bell System was a monopoly established *by* the government.
A monopoly requires the use of force to eliminate competition.
There is only one entity authorized to use force to achieve its ends: Government.
Therefore, the only way a monopoly can exist is if the government allows it.
Those are my words, but if you will notices the words "money" or "profits" are conspicuously absent from them.
Please do not attempt the ole "bait and switch" routine on me. I said their power needs to be distributed, I said nothing about income or wealth.
A monopoly requires the use of force to eliminate competition.
No it doesn't. People can be frozen out of a market simply by agreements between other people.
Therefore, the only way a monopoly can exist is if the government allows it.
This may be true, but it sort of misses the point. Monopolies are inevitable if the government allows it. It is the duty of government to make sure that none form, or linger if they do.