> Is there a term for the embarrassingly large cohort of folks hellbent on forcing the state into everyone's personal lives to sand down every sharp corner? A

> Is there a term for the embarrassingly large cohort of folks hellbent on forcing the state into everyone's personal lives to sand down every sharp corner? A not-quite-exact word that comes to my mind is busybody. (Note that it's not a polite thing to call someone.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busybody https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busybody