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When I was growing up, one particular political party continuously made hay from the idea of "big government" overreach, and how regulations should be removed and watered down, almost no matter what. Any regulation was seen as a bad thing.
This never made sense to me, as ANY large organization has the potential exercise excessive power. "Competition" is somehow supposed to magically address this, but that doesn't really make any sense either, as if something gives a competitive advantage, then there's no real choice in the matter, as all companies will be pushed in that direction.
It's almost like balancing rights between different people and organizations is actually hard, and there's no single cute slogan that covers every scenario.
Anyway, it seems like concern about privacy is finally coming to everyone's attention.