“that’s a big freaking assumption and there is nothing to suggest that it is a safe assumption”
There is something to suggest it... it’s called the free market and competition.
See, I am a capitalist. I believe in those things because historically they’ve been proven true.
As does ever other conservative on the planet.
I’m not convinced that the US Market is all that free. There are an assortment of very large economic interests that are very unused to real competition. Look at the auto-industry for example.