They are close to hitting a critical point in terms of political and economic power where they literally will no longer be able to be stopped. We will have no recourse but to replace our government with Amazon. It will be like Buy n Large in Wall-e.
I fear we are already beyond the point of stopping them. Remember those cringey, awkward videos by dozens of mayors begging Amazon to choose their city for their second headquarters? I'm all for gov-biz partnership, but gov literally begging big biz is not a good sign. There is a power imbalance here.
I disagree, there is a lot the government could do. Amazon is nothing with out the US Government. Protection of all of it's property, maintaining infrastructure, both the internet and transportation system. Simply charging business for the wear and tear the place on the roads would be a start.
Amazon builds and operates internet-disconnected datacenters, on-prem in Langley, for the CIA. You're not getting rid of the CIA's drone video cluster sysadmins.
They also operate several internet-connected regions (GovCloud) that have the special racist hiring policies required to fulfill US govt hosting regulations.
