Yes, it does.  Our current system is based on corporatism (labor unions are not exempt from this behavior); where those with power and connections help make the laws that keep them in power and from competition.<p>In a libertarian society (or even in a Constitutional Republic sought out by the founders), laws are made as close to the people as possible, with the Federal government having 14 explicit powers (the power grab by interpeting the &#x27;necessary and proper&#x27; clause broadly would not exist, and the 10th Amendment wouldn&#x27;t be ignored), so you&#x27;d see Local ordinances, county ordinaces, and state laws most; and very few federal laws (again, they&#x27;d only need to cover their 14 expressly granted powers).<p>Corporations (and labor unions, and any other &#x27;special interest&#x27;) wouldn&#x27;t have to just lobby the Federal government, they&#x27;d have to lobby all 50 states, plus any localities; in short, it&#x27;d be a monumental proposition (even if we assume they were capable).<p>Also, since the Federal Government would be necessarily weaker, there wouldn&#x27;t be an incentive to try to lobby them -- no one lobbies the person that has no power.<p>Currently, you can lobby 51-60 senators and 271 Congressmen and effectively rule the country (Remember, the ACA was written in part by the insurance industry), and in a libertarian society, there&#x27;d be no basis for that to ever happen.<p>Also, sustained monopolies are a by-product of Government intervention (either through regulation, or explicitly by making rules against competition, much like the Railroads).  In our lifetime, anyone who has &#x27;had a monopoly&#x27; has sustained it with government help (think of Ma Bell; where utility providers are considered to have a &#x27;natural monopoly&#x27; and as such competition is purposefully limited or non-existent).  In Microsoft&#x27;s case, nothing happened and their &#x27;monopoly&#x27; was very short lived (1995-2005, Maybe?) because everyone innovated around them. There were no laws restricting who could get into the browser business, and Microsoft found themselves out-foxed.  They&#x27;re still trying to make up lost ground.<p>Before saying &quot;Libertarian policy would be far, far worse for the middle class right now&quot;, you have to ask yourself if you really understand what a Constitutional Republic actually calls for.