I would point to the general way that in the USA the balance of rights is tipped away from people and towards corporations, e.g. very little sick pay, very little paid leave, very little parental leave, very few rights for employees, Healthcare provided at the whims of employers and insurance companies. etc
Is that the fault of advertisers or strong ideological/political current against such things?
Advertisers influence the ideological/political current by manipulating the minds of the people. So yes.
The strong ideological/political current is the status quo that I referred to previously