[Cronos]

So there was no "murky dark stuff out there" before the Interwebs?

it was harder to get a hold of and easier to physically monitor.

You have the same decision making at hand when allowing a person to vote with or without ID

[E. Pluribus Unum]

it was harder to get a hold of and easier to physically monitor.

Oh, so the purpose of government is to "physically monitor" us?

Thanks for clarifying that.

FYI, government is the greediest, most corrupt and murderous force on Earth. It's not even debatable. Governments murdered 262,000,000 of their own citizens in the 20th century alone. Nothing else comes remotely close.

But you want government to "physically monitor" everything we do even though government keeps far more secrets and is far more corrupt and dangerous.

As soon as government stops keeping secrets from us, we can stop keeping secrets from them.

Deal?