We tell ourselves that there is a separation of government and private enterprise, but that hasn't been the case since day 1 when george washington's first move was to use tariffs to protect US companies. When our military was used to exterminate the natives to clear the way for railroads. When the US government annexed territory from texas to hawaii for corporate interests. Or when our government toppled latin american regimes so that our corporations could gain access to new markets.

Just like now all modern cities look like american cities ( skyscrapers ) and they have all same companies, all major economies ( especially the asian economies ) modeled themselves after 19th century US economy. China pretty much copied our playbook.

1. Companies in the US have large influence over policy through lobbying. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746

2. Laws are enacted or kept that favor these companies. Like the the tax loophole that, combined with intellectual property laws, effectively gives these companies huge tax discounts globally. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-checkthebox-insig...

3. The US uses it power to force countries to sign agreements on or enforce e.g. intellectual property that favors US companies. https://www.thelocal.se/20060621/4128