(Of course I don't run a secret email service.)

Exactly what someone who runs a secret email service would want us to think!

They have to prove intent to get a conviction. There is a lot they can do without bothering to take something to court to make a person's life miserable.

Correct, right wing governments are an effect of industry seizing government, not a cause of government seizing industry. However the end result is the same. Industry and government in an incestuous relationship where they become the same thing.

I didn't mod it down, but it's at least partially nonsense, and obvious nonsense at that. Ask any linguist why English stopped changing 20 years ago and they'll laugh you out of the room.

It's only deceptive if you're a god damn moron.

It's because Americans all think of themselves as rich people who just aren't rich yet, and they sure as shit don't want to spend their when-i'm-rich money on taxes going to poor people.

In many places these draconian anti-speech laws are popular with the local people. This would not end the way you think it would.

Sadly the only lesson that the DOJ seems to want to teach anyone is "don't fuck with the rich"