Interesting that Andreesen mentions Milton 'Shock Doctrine' Friedman. I recently read 'don't be evil' by Rana Foroohar about big tech and 'Goliath' by Matt Stoller, the 100 year battle between monopoly power and democracy in the USA.
I believe we are a dangerous point in history - look at how the Amazon/Bezos monopoly has become even more dominant in the last few weeks of soft martial law, with online orders permissible while countless small businesses are shuttered.
Just in time supply chains and quarterly profits worship have hollowed out holding inventory, which is why there are no medical gowns. Meanwhile China is effectively what the USA used to be economically.
Valley VCs invest heavily in businesses they believe will dominate a vertical and crush competition for maximum profit. This is monopoly power personified.
