And I'm not surprised support for it has fallen. The people who support general purpose computing never explain why it's important. They just state the principl

And I'm not surprised support for it has fallen. The people who support general purpose computing never explain why it's important. They just state the principle as if it's self-evident, but clearly it isn't to a lot of people. But to be fair to them, maybe they are not stating the reasons because they worry that voicing their fears would be a self-fulfilling prophecy.