"We are the people" is true, but you're NOT the RIGHT kind of people.
All this conversation above omits to recognise that these CORPORATIONS, blood-thirsty vampires that they may be, are OWNED by shareholders. It's the shareholders requirement for the corporation to do absolutely fucking anything to make that extra buck that drives such legislation.
You ordered a "public stock marketplace", and you got a serving a psychosis on the side.
If you don't want these corporations promoting legislation to increase profits, then you must FIRST remove all corporation-funded political activity. Pretty hard, that one.
"The people" , the stockholders, have issued their commands to make more money, fuck the competition, ignore the environment, and that's why you the "little" people are getting screwed.
I believe Captain Flightsuit is promoting: The Ownership Society.
Go buy yourself a piece of the action, and fuck your neighbour over too. Each to their own, that's the modern capitalist society of today.