Yup. What Luke is not understanding for whatever reason, is these corporations only have the power they have because they are granted with economic advantages from the State. Remove the State mechanism and Google or any other company would have no ability to monopolize industry.
It's a mercantilist system borrowed from the British Empire, that was present when the US State was created.
I think he understands it, he's mentioned it in a couple of his past videos over the last couple of weeks.
That's good. Perhaps he just thinks we need to have more of a spotlight on corporations rather then just the usual suspects.
Yes, that's definitely part of it, certain powerful families have been in bed with the State for centuries.
What I intended to say was the merchant-state was the type of system in place from the colonial era to this day. The history of the US is based on economic activity, largely land speculation, being alined with the State; it blurs the line between private enterprise and government. There's also important influence from the Protestant movement/Puritans who came to settle in America.
Early 20th century book The History United States by Charles Beard and more recently from a couple years ago Sheldon Richman's America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited go more in depth.