Perhaps Monopolies Work Like This

Usually male owned and operated.

Step I. Identify the competition.
Step II. Devalue the competition.
Step III. Repress the competition.
Step IV. Eradicate the competition.
Step V. Negotiate deal if steps I-IV fails.
Step VI. Lobby civic, state & federal officials.

Often, to help protect powerful corporate and industry monopolies from being shattered by competitive sources or emerging ideas, these monopolies may use unethical tactics such as bribes, blacklists, bullying, manipulative lies, deception, and marginalization schemes, clandestine tortious interference with business relationships, and even, in some instances, enlisting the assistance of rogue governments to help quail what may be viewed as either a prospective or imminent outside threat.

This may also interest you: “Which bodies regulate mergers and acquisitions” | And this, “Monopoly by the Numbers, ‘A fast-growing number of Americans know that their country has a monopoly problem, and that wealth, power, and control are increasingly concentrated in the hands of the few.'” — Open Markets Institute