Look, it has to be admitted that concentrated power is the type of power that, while it may well do some good, seems to be outweighed by the distinct tendency for those who have that concentrated power to take care of what they desire and want first, and perhaps if they are generous and somewhat fair-minded, to subsequently provide some sort of benefit or aid to those that they have power over. This, in the scheme of things, in any form of government that is by Constitutional decree, of, for, and by the people, is clearly at loggerheads with what a democracy should represent, for a democracy should have a diffusion of power, with appropriate checks and balances in play, so that no one particular entity or department can lord it over all others. While it could be said, because of this diffusion of powers, perhaps getting things done or achieved will be more difficult to accomplish, whether true or not though it has be taken into fair account that the most important thing is that the people have their fair say, for it is the people that governments are supposed to be created for and for whom they serve.
Regrettably, in the United States, we find that mega corporations that have profits year in and year out, of billions upon billions of dollars, and of which, the competition with other mega corporations of a similar ilk seems to be on a steep decline, this thus indicates that what these mega corporations want they are often going to get, because not only does money talk, but also because those that could influence mega corporation policies, are in way too many cases, the same type of representatives that have been “captured” by those mega corporations and are thus in place to take care of mega corporations desires.
So too, the more power in the hands of opaque governmental operatives, which track and monitor more and more of what Americans are doing in their lives, presents to these operatives the power to compromise or to manipulate the people, so that their various freedoms of speech, and of assembly, are constrained by the government, in one way or another, thereby signifying that the people are more and more having to cede their freedom to the government, for their alleged safety, or homeland security, or just about anything that seems to make sense.
Those then that want to remain free, need to have the power to be free, and when mega corporations have seemingly all of the power, then those that are the employed, which are the laborers of this nation, but without a powerful union to back them up, are at the mercy of mega corporations when it comes to their pay, their benefits, and the security of their employment. Additionally, those who trade freedom for supposed security from elements that could harm them or take away what they have, are the very same who have played into the hands of concentrated power, because concentrated power wants, above all, obedience, and cares not a whit about freedom, but rather believes that freedom needs to have in place appropriate restraints, so determined by those with the power, and none other.