[krapp]

Purely for the sake of devil's advocacy, I'll just point out that there's an entire other side of the political spectrum in the US which agrees completely with the rich and their moneyed interests, and which considers things like 'advocacy for the poor and middle class' and 'net neutrality' to be part of the country's death spiral into socialism. The rich and right-wing get to vote just like everyone else, and it should be no surprise that business lobbies for its own self-interest.