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- lukus_W0
Well - we can disagree about dystopia, but would you at least say there's a danger that needs to be avoided?
I'd say that this is most certainly the case.
The immediate solution is:
a) make lobbying impossible or at least very difficult.
b) legislate to moderate the behaviour of corporations to preserve our rights.During the industrial revolution, laws were eventually introduced to help protect the worker. Similar legislation needs to be developed for this newer digital age we're moving towards.
At the moment, due to the lobbying powers of corporations - laws are being introduced which _moderate_ the behaviour of the public and _protect_ the rights of corporations (e.g. the recent UK Digital Economy Bill).
It's absolutely the wrong way round.