Your points are correct. I personally just find it distasteful to play in a market I know to be rigged against me and deal with a system full of crooks.

When I was younger often the situation mandated I deal with people I found distasteful. As I became more established and had more resources it gave me more independence to deal with more people I chose to rather than people I had to deal with. 

Although I still have to deal with government involvement in my life, most other situations I pretty much am able to deal with whom I please. I decided a number of years ago life is too short to have the frustrations of dealing with crooks, liars and cheats. Even though I may not make as much money as I could by dealing with some people I dislike (bad landlords come to mind), life is much more pleasant and carefree without the frustrations. It is nice to be in a position to be able to make those choices. It has not always been that way.

So for me, it just becomes a matter of choice of who I deal with.

John