A given "system" will defend itself if it perceives a threat. I don't think you realize how pernicious the long term consequences of USA v. RJR will turn out t

A given "system" will defend itself if it perceives a threat. I don't think you realize how pernicious the long term consequences of USA v. RJR will turn out to be. Fracking looks like one front and CO2 another for similar with respect to oil operations. And I don't mean there aren't oil operators that do things wrong ( Macondo much?) . But that's really not what we're talking about here, is it? Vanishingly few stories about "fracking" are not essentially terrorism stories with "terrorism" lined thru and "fracking" substituted. The problem is that neither you nor I know as much as the "corporate funded influence" and we don't have anyone who works for us who does . The information asymmetries are profound. So the easiest thing to do is to cooperate with regulators, and have regulators cooperate with the regulated , which affords influence. The best example of this is perhaps the IBEW.