I think you are right. Entrepreneurship that threatens profits or existing paradigms is under attack. Also, a guy invented some devise that would completely encrypt Internet activity in a massively effective way. The day before his public introduction of the device at some security conference, he just tweeted that the whole project was shut down - indefinitely . No reason. No more info. WTF.

These bright start-ups are shut down if they in anyway threaten the existing power structure. Sorta like JP Morgan and colleagues during the rise of the industrial age.

I hate this part of humanity. It never changes. It destroys lives and it hinders human progress. Imagine where we would be if everyone who was killed or squashed for their inventions actually was able to fulfill their dreams. Imagine where we would be technologically and in every field...it's heartbreaking.