Theoretically, if one business tries to take unfair advantage of

Theoretically, if one business tries to take unfair advantage of its customers, it will lose to competing business which treats its customers more fairly. Where many businesses compete for the customers’ dollar, they cannot afford to treat them like inferiors or slaves.
A contrast is often made between business, which is competitive, and government, which is a monopoly. Because business is competitive, many Americans believe that it is more supportive of freedom than government, even though government leaders are elected by the people and business leaders are not. Many Americans believe, then, that competition is as important, or even more important, than democracy in preserving freedom.
【正确答案】：
从理论上讲，如果一个商业机构企图以不正当的手段欺骗顾客，它在与公正对待顾客的商业机构竞争时就会遭到失败。在许多商业机构为赚到顾客手中的钱而相互竞争的情况下，他们不能像对待下人或奴隶一样对待顾客，因为那样会给他们带来无法承受的损失。
商业机构是具有竞争性的组织，而政府则是垄断性组织，二者经常被拿来进行对比。正因为商业机构具有竞争性，许多美国人相信它们比政府更赞同自由，尽管政府的领导人是人民选举出来的，而商业组织的领导人则不是。许多美国人认为，在保护自由方面竞争与民主同样重要，甚至比民主还重要。