Coda
Private power seeks total hegemony. It seeks complete freedom from all taxation and regulation. After all, freedom from expenses and supervision, the capacity to do anything you want, for free is the very definition of power. And an unregulated market eventually leads to monopoly.
Market competition does not contain private power any more than war between governments leads to a diminuition of government power, or gang warfare leads to a law-abiding community.
By George, I think I've got it.