"American companies more frequently break EU law because they're used to the US regulatory environment, which is so loose that in many areas it may as well not

"American companies more frequently break EU law because they're used to the US regulatory environment, which is so loose that in many areas it may as well not exist." There's little doubt that this is true. Given US history from independence onward, the question is why does the US environment so often favor corporate rights and protection for corporations over that of freedoms and interests of individuals. It seems to me that the reality of US governance (its emphasis) is the reverse of what one would expect. The only conclusion I can come to is that citizens in the US democracy have effectively considerably lower representation than do corporations through some systemic problem with their democracy. That's to say the reality is not one vote per person but effectively each citizen's vote is worth much less than that. Why is it thus?