>Technology in general has moved a lot of power away from government to the big players in the tech industry. Really? I think companies and governments seem t

>Technology in general has moved a lot of power away from government to the big players in the tech industry. Really? I think companies and governments seem to work together pretty well just looking at all of legislation that has passed recently and all the secret agreements made in secret courts in order to have access to data from companies like Facebook and Google, that the public has been made aware of that happen. >This shift in power is what scares people who's only goal is to be re-elected. Or people are trying to muster of some sense of fear in people order to gain support, they themselves aren't scared because as you say they are using it as a political tool to get elected…