[xzins]

We have vastly different ideas on what constitutes a free market.

Our here in farm land, when they take the cattle to market and folks stand around and bid on them, we understand what market price means.

As soon as all those bidders have a gun to their head, then it is no longer a free market.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"As soon as all those bidders have a gun to their head, then it is no longer a free market."

That's exactly what antitrust is, the government putting a gun to the heads of business telling them what prices to offer and how to distribute their products. It's the definition of fascism; government leaves *ownership* to private industry but runs it.