[falcolas]

Who else do we, the people, have to enforce our rights on our behalf if not the state? It's not as if we can count on Facebook (or any other major corporation) to stand up for our rights in the face of extracting even more money out of our personal data. We need the might of the state to fight back against these entities.

[philipov]

In Islamic societies, the tyranny of the state is supposed to be checked by the power of religion. Unfortunately, we can all see how well that's going!