"Absolutely no monopolies or cartels, unless, you know, we think its fun or directly benefit from it." - Politicians worldwide

It's interesting that people readily recognize the absurdity of this truth when it comes from some places, but insist that it's not only acceptable, but actually required, when it comes from other places. Note that this has become widespread in many parts of modern capitalist societies, and, by definition, ubiquitous in every single experiment we've had with communism and socialism.