I'm arguing against regulation; before VATMOSS was there small businesses didn't need to comply. The question I'm hinting at is: is Amazon using the money they

I'm arguing against regulation; before VATMOSS was there small businesses didn't need to comply. The question I'm hinting at is: is Amazon using the money they earned in their first phase by being a useful middleman to push the narrative in a certain direction (eg. lobbying, owning a newspaper, etc) and influence governmental bodies so that they introduce more regulation which Amazon benefit from? If the capital we're giving to Amazon gets reinvested to make everyone's life more complicated so that we need more Amazon and Amazon can grow more, then it's not something I want to spend my money on.