"Society" has not clearly chosen such thing. Governments LOVE this power, but don't confuse governments with society. I would also LOVE to see each and every t

"Society" has not clearly chosen such thing. Governments LOVE this power, but don't confuse governments with society. I would also LOVE to see each and every transaction my state does but all I see is high-level budgets with no individual level transactions. States and state institutions have much much greater "privacy" while the people are heading towards 0 privacy. I would have expected the reverse to happen first but here we are. The government most definitely cares about the shit you buy. If they had an infrastructure they would tax you and "nudge" you based on a lot of societal / individual metrics. I would say the whole purpose of BitCoin was to counter government stupidity so this new regulation continues the trend.