One thing I like to think about, when we debate these "how could this be abused?" laws...is how many unrealised futures we've already missed, both good and bad,

One thing I like to think about, when we debate these "how could this be abused?" laws...is how many unrealised futures we've already missed, both good and bad, when enacting laws. Eg if absolutely no one fought for net neutrality, would we be in a world where we're all comfortable with IPSs dropping traffic "they don't like". I do realise this example probably isn't far enough in the past to truly have had a cultural impact like this, but you get the point.