[closeparen]

This is pretty easy to reason about: the electorate benefits from information privacy more than it could benefit from thought police.

The electorate would benefit less from total financial privacy than it does from the ability to enforce taxes and civil judgements.

[rvern]

> The electorate would benefit less from total financial privacy than it does from the ability to enforce taxes and civil judgements.

I'm not so sure about that.

[closeparen]

One nice thing about rising inequality is that the proportion of people who are net beneficiaries of redistributive policies approaches 100%.