The US was founded by capitalists. They saw government as a necessary evil and attempted to limit it as much as was practical. None of them believed that business could be quantified as evil, in and of itself.
No one is forced to buy anything from any particular corporate/private company. Life may be harder if you decide you have to move somewhere else to increase your buying opportunities, but you still have that choice. The company can't follow you and bring you back to make you buy their crap.
Government on the other hand is a monopoly on force. You have no options save what the government offers to you, and to reject their mandates is to risk bankruptcy, slavery, or death. Government can partner with business to enslave people, or at least limit their options, but business can't force government to do anything.
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