On 'The System' Or 'The Establishment'

The Establishment being, not the government as a whole or even select parts of the government, but more akin to any organized restriction on anything (trade and buisness for the most part in this post). An example can be found in cosmetology, I find it ridiculous that one needs to have a license (and in order to obtain said license, schooling) to cut hair and do make up. I see the idea behind all this - so that you don't have someone with no idea what they're doing, cutting hair or similar - but why make someone spend 2 years and god knows how much money learning how to cut someone else’s hair, when it would be much more simple to say that anyone can set up a beauty salon and leave it up to the individual to decide if they trust the operator to cut their hair well. If they do, then they have a haircut. If they don't then they can go elsewhere or cut their own hair.
I've seen, in other countries, people walking up and down the beach with a parachute offering parasailing, and all one needs to do is haggle a price with them and step inside the harness. No papers signed. In this country, however if one wants to set up a parasailing business one must get liability and several other insurances and by extension, charge and arm and a leg for a parachute ride. Again, if I don't trust the man on the beach with the parachute, I don't have to make use of his services. If I think his boat of other equipment isn't safe, that's my problem.

If no one was obligated to have a license to start a business then it would be up to the consumer to choose who he would patronize. If one wanted to get a license they could, and perhaps attract more customers by having it, but that would be their choice.
So, I suppose in this post 'The System' refers to the government [sticking its nose where it doesn't belong.]