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> How can anyone think this is a good thing?

Easily - I value my ability to remain private more than I do your ability to enforce laws.

> This is a blindness that can only come from a lifetime of extreme privilege.

I guess extreme privilege is a relative concept, so depending on where you sit it might very well appear that way to you.

The beauty of that particular accusation is that you can't really defend against it - as any disagreement can simply be used to infer an even higher degree of privilege.

Which financial crimes have you been a victim of?

This line of questioning is pretty silly. Of course your pet cause needs to be solved through legislation immediately.

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