I agree 100% with your comment, and it's part of why I took such a long time to highlight that protectionism doesn't actually encourage abundance.

I touch on it in my reply to @kooshikoo, but the issue I don't address in this post at all is that even if we as a culture and society were to suddenly give up our obsession with market regulation, those who have seen their interests protected for the last century would have the resources to continue to protect themselves, at this point.

I see a lot of economic conservatives lead this to them thinking we should have a transitionary period where the regulations bias toward the consumer, not producer. However, I don't see that as any guarantee against continued reinforcement of the current hegemony.

I think the only thing truly helping are projects like Steemit and other emergent value markets, which simply don't require participation in the mainstream market for their own valuation to be real. But, that's a long thought probably better saved for a fresh post.

Thanks for reading!