If there was true competition instead of two, quickly becoming one, choice, your point would be valid.
But it's not.
There is regulation and local monopolies. The choice is not free competion or regulation, but the right regulation.
The argument isn’t about competition, its about rights. The government has no right telling either an individual or a company what to do as long as they’re not violating individual rights. Other then socialists and fascists, there is no moral or philosophical system out there that would consider such an action moral.
This is the same situation as if the government told you you had to let people walk across your yard to get to the other side and you couldn’t get compensation from them.
The argument isn’t about competition, its about rights. The government has no right telling either an individual or a company what to do as long as they’re not violating individual rights. Other then socialists and fascists, there is no moral or philosophical system out there that would consider such an action moral.
This is the same situation as if the government told you you had to let people walk across your yard to get to the other side and you couldn’t get compensation from them.