I appreciate the perspective but nothing here says we can't be coscerbed by both positions (or all sides) of power.
I don't want kings or monopolies, or either by any other name. No need to split hairs on it.
I would also argue that "we hand powers over to modern capitalist institutions without a second thought" is a pretty loaded sentence. Who's doing that? Me? You? It's not like someone asked us. Sounds pretty dismissive to assume people are acting outside of their better interest.