It's not a conspiracy that people in support of X lobby for more X. That's what lobbying is for. That article you link claims the two biggest offenders have s

It's not a conspiracy that people in support of X lobby for more X. That's what lobbying is for. That article you link claims the two biggest offenders have spent $35 million between 1989 and 2015. Google spent $10m in 6 months last year - http://www.wired.com/2015/07/google-facebook-amazon-lobbying/ http://www.wired.com/2015/07/google-facebook-amazon-lobbying.... You can't infer much other than it's not free to promote your ideas to your government.