It sounds like you and I are fairly politically aligned. For me, my libertarian streak is not just about preventing authoritarianism in government, but preventing authoritarianism anywhere. Both your and Aella’s proposed policies increase government power, but (arguably) decrease authoritarianism overall by restricting the power of monopolies.
More broadly I think restricting monopoly power is one of the most defensible uses of government authority.
(Right now I think the US government, and most developed-country governments for that matter, are simultaneously too powerful and too unwilling to take antitrust action.)
It sounds like you and I are fairly politically aligned. For me, my libertarian streak is not just about preventing authoritarianism in government, but preventing authoritarianism anywhere. Both your and Aella’s proposed policies increase government power, but (arguably) decrease authoritarianism overall by restricting the power of monopolies.
More broadly I think restricting monopoly power is one of the most defensible uses of government authority.
(Right now I think the US government, and most developed-country governments for that matter, are simultaneously too powerful and too unwilling to take antitrust action.)