A flaw in human nature, but not a plan. There was no board meeting where people came up with it and set out a roadmap and had milestones and KPIs.

It’s an emergent property and it sucks, but there’s no conspiracy.

The owning class everywhere has always gotten together trying to figure out how to keep things the way they are.

Then what is coordinated lobbying

Countries with might is right systems don't have corporate ownership, they have personal fiefdoms.