Our political system is dysfunctional. So even if some people realize problems with the rules, corporations and other entities will lobby so as to continue prof

Our political system is dysfunctional. So even if some people realize problems with the rules, corporations and other entities will lobby so as to continue profiteering. In addition, US culture really values making money and forming profitable businesses, and people have been conditioned to view any attack on businesses as an attack on the "free market" (even though, e.g., patents are the opposite of free). So, if you talk about, for example, reforming patents, people talk about how you are ending innovative (read profitable) businesses.