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> Did they think, as they worked to transfer final say from users to corporations, by technical means, that politicians couldn't transfer that control to themselves by political means?

Why does that matter? If it's bad for politicians to usurp that power, it's already bad for corporates to have it in the first place.

I'd rather politicians use power in a way that includes democratic oversight than, say, Peter Thiel doing whatever the hell he likes.