> ...private capital does not want markets. They want markets for other people but not for themselves. For themselves they want a nanny state, a powerful nanny state, that will support them.
> A classic pattern in technology economics, identified by Joel Spolsky, is layers of the stack attempting to become monopolies while turning other layers into perfectly-competitive markets which are commoditized, in order to harvest most of the consumer surplus.
regulatory capture is one way to achieve this goal in your sector.