[apotheothesomai]

While the political priorities of telecoms, oil companies, the pharmaceutical cartel, and banking continue to set the political agenda. Sure, that makes sense. Let's ignore one of the larger sections of our economy and opt to punish the bad actors at the expense of the whole industry in this one sector alone.

[JumpCrisscross]

Tech countered many political interests. With tech weakened, the interests they were defending have no defences.

We must reform money’s role in our democracy, but basic political balances are intrinsic to the game. In retrospect, privacy advocates may have relied too heavily on the support of a single segment.