Well the idea is that as soon as you start having governments making decisions "for the greater good" a lot of not very good things can happen very fast. It's

Well the idea is that as soon as you start having governments making decisions "for the greater good" a lot of not very good things can happen very fast. It's easy to focus on the positive examples, but when governments start making value judgements, if your values don't line up with the government's you're going to have a pretty bad time. And yes -- everyone's bringing up that point, but still, that would have meant they were villains. People have the right to be villainous, if they so choose, whether you agree or disagree. Note- asking for a justification is one thing, forcing them to lower prices is another, and I'm opposed to the latter. Also, the same decision making body you're hoping will do the net-positive thing has started many wars and done many thinks that are not very conscionable So let's try a different example: What if the government took a hard line on monitoring every citizen in the US, and enforcing laws with drones, because it would save "millions of lives"? That's less subtle, but the loss of rights that are naturally yours is there nonetheless