[genderwhy]

Thanks. That's the opposite (the government is protecting corporate interests too much) of what the usual "It's the feds fault" usually implies.

[stale2002]

No, it's not the opposite.

Regulations often have the effect of protecting entrenched corporate interests.

Government regulation hurting competition, and hurting the free market by "protecting corporate interests too much" is precisely what people are often complaining about.

Supporting the free market would instead be when you allow competition, and do not protect the entrenched corporations too much.

Copyright and IP laws are probably the quintessential example of government harming the free market by preventing competitors from competing.

[ChadNauseam]

What does it usually imply?

[genderwhy]

"All these safety regulations slow down the free market! Anyone should be able to make and sell insulin! If it's poisonous, people just won't buy that!"