O.K. Dan,
Thanks for laying out your view of how our society ought to work.
I agree that what happens in Triathlon (and it’s professionalization, if you can call it like that) reflects what is going on in pretty much every part of our lives.
If you apply for a job, you gotta fill out health history forms, take a drug test, sign all sorts of documents that would be “unconstitutional”, if you wanted to challenge them.
I think you should come down from the mountain now and then and revisit the corporate world 
Things have changed, business practices have changed, view of ethics have changed.
In my eyes triathlon won’t stem this tide, especially when it comes to “professional sports”, including Ironman, the Pro Tour and others.
I don’t think it makes sense to lament or play Don Quichote about what we lost. It is our fault at first, since we allowed government (corporate) to get there.
But I disagree that this is our “fate”, it is the human’s inability to learn from history (and the bigger picture)…
What are our options?
Longterm:
VOTE
Shortterm:
In triathlon going back to “Allcomer” events, where you just show up, decide on a distance and go race will be one way to preserve sanity.
There are still enough niches in our free world where we can live like we aspire to, so I won’t fret about the “business” aspect of PEDs. This battle is lost.
But you can still preserve your integrity as an amateur athlete and human by voting with your feet and not support “corporate” races, do local and small events, race clean (without cheating yourself and others) and have fun.
That is what I will (can) DO.