Like that’s just how late stage capitalism works ya dummy. Of course the government is gonna protect corporations if they get kickback from it. American libertarians act like this is some kind of authoritarian regulatory bullshit when in reality it’s just a logical extension of unfettered capitalism.
I have a bunch of money and I can control people with it. --- This is crony capitalism...if we were trading cornsilk or unicorn wishes instead, you'd still have the very human elements of nepotism to deal with.