Issac Asimov's "Cult of Ignorance" concept comes to mind...

“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” --C.S. Lewis

Their "Job" now is to serve their regulatory captors at the expense of the rest of the People.

Instead of fossil diesel, they could, for instance, use the kind of fuel that Rudolf Diesel intended his engine design to burn to begin with before the oil moguls got their fingers in: biodiesel.

This is why I don't call them "Adblockers" but "Malware Vector Blockers".

This is why I call them not "Adblockers" but "Malware Vector Blockers".

The technologies you cite are not primarily medical in nature. Consider how prohibitively expensive medicine is these days. It's one of the leading causes of bankruptcy problems. The original argument of it being out-of-reach for the average joe still is valid.