Just four airlines control 80% of the airline industry — the most concentrated it’s ever been. And they’re using their power over consumers, and airports, to jack up prices.
We live in states that aren't exactly homogenous and yet, I still see the reasoning as being somewhat sound given that societies are usually bound and directed by a smaller proportion of the population than the general entropy would lead one to believe. That inner critical mass, if compromised, could indeed result in a weaker ability of that society to recover and survive against external forces. In more laymen's terms, when the clergy start tickling the youth inappropriately, the entire church is doomed.
From the photos in the article, you can clearly see the delight in their eyes. The type of delight which only lying can deliver. I believe it's called "duping delight". I'd be willing to bet that Igor Alberts is all too familiar given his background.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_zWxdeq8F4 Airlines’ Secret Scheme to Keep Airfare Prices High