As per Hanlon’s razor you mention, malice and stupidity look very much alike from the outside, so your musings do not count as evidence. You have to analyze each case from the inside. For example, the Libor scandal is an example of malevolence, while the much more harmful subprime lending crisis was due to poor decision-making. Similarly, the continuing copyright extension was largely due to the Disney’s lobbying (I’m simplifying here), while the unwieldy patent system just happened. You can find similar examples in technology, politics, culture and everywhere else you look.
As per Hanlon’s razor you mention, malice and stupidity look very much alike from the outside, so your musings do not count as evidence. You have to analyze each case from the inside. For example, the Libor scandal is an example of malevolence, while the much more harmful subprime lending crisis was due to poor decision-making. Similarly, the continuing copyright extension was largely due to the Disney’s lobbying (I’m simplifying here), while the unwieldy patent system just happened. You can find similar examples in technology, politics, culture and everywhere else you look.