"He means a very particular type of monopolist"

That's a very kind way of interpreting what he's saying. I'd go as far as saying 'he's redefine common terms to fit a peculiar theory that is nice, simple and wrong".

It's mostly populist (to a certain crowd) pandering: a bit of controversy (monopoly is good!), a bit of pseudo-intellectualism (look at me being all academic and worldly!), and some 'please validate my prejudices' (patents bad, government stupid, big business bad except for those I'd want to work for).