Yes.
I would concur that the breakdown of the multi-polar distribution of power between 1914-1945 was more or less unavoidable and unpreventable. To conclude what was going on, we need to look back to the 19th century. Most of the 19th-century events, from the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, Great Britain was considered as the world’s incontrovertible superpower. Britain had the largest, most powerful and strong navy in the world. It was the incontrovertible and undisputed ruler of the seas.
The 17th parallel was the provisional military demarcation line between North and South Vietnam established by the Geneva Accords of 1954.
Cartels, monopolies, trusts, and horizontal and vertical integration all share the goal of increasing profits. The step by the federal government to limit the power of corporations is the Sherman Antitrust Act. The argument that supports the perception of the big business leaders as "captains of industry" is that the support for technology benefits the economy.
