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Re:What disturbed me about the Facebook meeting by elgabogringo on Friday May 20, 2016 @11:31AM (#11738626)
It's a freedom vs not-free issue. There will always be rich, powerful people that want more power. The power they want often comes at the expense of individual rights.

The government is supposed to be there to protect us from exactly these types, but now they are increasingly working hand in hand against us.

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Re:What disturbed me about the Facebook meeting by pjc50 on Friday May 20, 2016 @11:41AM (#11738727)
The government is supposed to be there to protect us from exactly these types

That's not a very .. conservative? Right-ish? Libertarian? statement. This is what I meant by the party lines and labels obscuring this issue.

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