Comment by swatcoder

It’s not that simple. While industrial lobbying is real and terrible, it’s also the will of the people at play.

The 19th century frontier “Let Me Do This Myself” culture and the Cold War “Freedom Heck Yeah” culture are real cultural arteries that make many citizens down here earnestly vote against regulations and protections.

There’s plenty of that in Canada too, although it’s shaped differently and has different political influence.

But yeah, for as much as you or I might see a government as a protector of individuals against exploitation by corporations and other mobs, US governments are usually pretty slow and sloppy about it, if they try at all.