Commentary Conservatives are confused about how to view the tech giants, which have become so powerful in so many areas of our lives. Should the Facebooks, Twitters, and Googles be seen as private companies and thus be left alone to be disciplined by the free market? Or should they be seen as de facto monopolies, and thus proper targets for government control? Jane Jacobs, one of the great public intellectuals in the last half of the 20th century, coined a term in her bestseller, “Systems of Survival,” that describes what Big Tech companies have become—“monstrous hybrids.” Jacobs, who made Toronto her home after leaving the United States over the Vietnam War, described two broad moral foundations for society—one based on guardianship, the other on commerce. Each has distinct characteristics, or moral syndromes, as she called them, and each is legitimate. The guardians—these include politicians as well as public and private …