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IMO my position comes down to this: I don't see a substantive difference between private or governmental players when it comes to the will or ability to cause great harm. I don't think the market forces always work for the good, and don't think a government can be responsive to its constituents without a healthy market. People work to their advantage, and no system is perfect. History is full of examples of abuse of every system imaginable. My main point is that I see high concentration of wealth as a danger to a representative democratic system. Taxation is one way that extreme disparity has been traditionally averted. Other than that, it usually takes a revolution.