Actually, it&#x27;s not. The idea of a natural monopoly is something that was made up to justify state takeovers of certain key services. If a natural monopoly actually existed, we wouldn&#x27;t have Google Fiber expanding across the country, because it wouldn&#x27;t be cost effective to do so. In fact, Google Fiber&#x27;s biggest impediment to expansion has been government regulators. The same goes with water provision - if it was a natural monopoly, we wouldn&#x27;t have alternatives such as bottled water available on the market (which thank goodness we do to provide to the citizens of Flint right now). Using Russia as an example of free market failures is like using Communist China as an example of what the free market will do to wages if we don&#x27;t implement a minimum wage here in the States.