Name an industry anyone likes, aside from the money they might be making off it. They're all now hated for the same reasons, caused by the same, scarily small, group of people.

I don't think we, as common engineers, can absolve ourselves of all blame. For a time we were in incredible demand and all we've made of it is: some people earned enough to retire early, buy nice cars, or start their own business.

But that demand could have been turned into real power. Now it's too late.

Restaurants, gyms, cinemas, Hollywood, sports leagues, book publishing, amazon.

People will have some criticisms of each of these but the average person probably appreciates them more than dislikes them.

Hairdressing/beauticians

I'd say farming. Not agriculture in general, Monsanto is one of the most hated companies, so is John Deere, and farmers hate them too, but the ones working on the field, preferably crops over livestock.

I think that farmers are somehow immune despite having their fair share of evil because we all understand that without them, we would all die.

Space exploration.

And yet all this power in the hands of the very few are only there because the rest of us don't know any better than coordinating for their benefit rather than coordinating in any other way.

The problem is capitalism and the injustices it creates. The hated industries are just symptoms.