This is how United States politics work. The elite give money to regulate an industry.

Do elites ever give money to deregulate?

I don't necessarily disagree with what you're saying, but that's not what my comment was about.

"conspiracy theorist" has, to a large extent, become a phrase used to describe a certain class of fairly nutty folks these days, rightly or wrongly. I was noting that it's possible that someone pointing out a possible political outcome based on money transfer/golf games can do so without being a member of that group, as its effectively defined today.

Either way, wherever the profit and or broader control lie.

I'm starting to think we should let/get someone to found Sirius Cybernetics and let them snap up the whole FAANG group, Oracle, etc just so they can be "first up against the wall when the revolution comes".

> Do elites ever give money to deregulate?

Enron lobbied for deregulation

In short, yes. Elites will support deregulation, when it suits/benefits them.

The Trump Administration’s environmental deregulation drive is no doubt lobbied for, backed by, and funded in part by the Fossil Fuel industry.