There are several reasons why so few violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act were brought to court, but a major reason was that ironically the courts were often corrupted, making it impossible to for them to want to hear about a corruption case.
The Enlightenment led American colonists to attack their system of government that saw the British have absolute power.
The Enlightenment led to the American Revolution which saw the American colonists secede from Britain. It happened because:
- The Enlightenment showed that a government that was not acting in the interests of the governed could be removed
- The Enlightenment showed that a government's power should be limited unlike that of the British
In adhering to Enlightenment principles, the American colonists went to war with the British and defeated them.
We can therefore conclude that the Enlightenment led Americans to attack the British and its flawed system of government.
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This was called an "iron curtain." Western powers noticed issues of blame and stepping up armaments, therefore having a negative response.