Prioritize cases on government–private collusion and regulation-driven concentration
Mandate stresses FTC should consider government’s role in maintaining concentration (pharma, healthcare, avionics, banking, brokerage) and address explicit/implicit collusion—including social-media–government censorship partnerships and regulatory barriers that deter entrants.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 30 (FTC) — Mission/Cancel Culture sections: FTC must consider the role of government itself in maintaining market concentration in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, avionics, banking, and real estate brokerage; concentration facilitates collusion between government and private actors; collusion can be explicit (government working with social media to censor) or implicit (burdensome regulation deterring entry); continued evidence of Big Tech–White House collusion to censor demonstrates the problem.
Undo plan
1) Pursue sham petitioning/Noerr extremes carefully; protect legitimate government speech and procurement.
2) Use antitrust against private agreements; use First Amendment/APA against unlawful jawboning—don’t stretch FTC Act into constitutional court.
3) Competition advocacy against occupational/licensing barriers via reports and amicus work.
4) Document regulatory-entry barriers in merger retrospectives.
5) Verify: competition advocacy dockets; cases alleging government-facilitated boycotts.