> competition between companies to provide good working conditions and pay in a free labor market

Sure - but we could live in an alternative universe where Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, and all the other billionaires conspired to drive down their workers salaries. Where Eric Schmidt sent e-mails instructing they be deleted as they pointed to an illegal cabal crushing wage competition between companies.

Of course - this alternative universe to yours is the one we actually do live in.

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/jobs-and-schmidts-gentleme...