Microsoft argued, correctly, that one of the virtues of its platform is that it's integrated the pieces are intended to work together for maximum performance. No chance, said Reno. We won't tolerate any coercion by dominant companies in any way that distorts competition. What an obscene travesty. Let's make even clearer what's been obscured.
Economic power is the power to create and produce .
Political power is the power to coerce and punish . Economic power involves voluntary trade to mutual advantage. Political power involves involuntary subjugation to the state, which has sole discretion over the use of force. No other party can use force with impunity. We lodge our natural right of self-defense in an agent called government.