Please understand the railroad tycoons were in bed with the politicians in a previous time the late 1800’s for example.
The need for some order exists particularly in emergency situations but this started eons ago with the mixing of Big Government and Big Business and when railroads declined the government-taxpayers ended up holding the bag embodied in the law adopted 100 years ago.
This country was founded as an oligarchy, so it should come as no surprise that dominant industries were “in bed” with politicians throughout U.S. history.