You missed the OP's stated avoidance action."...... I'm going to jettison the internet and go back to the 1970s"
Your example The Social Security Act 1938 was the first Labour government’s welfare programme, which overhauled the pension system and extended benefits for families, invalids and the unemployed. Seems to me the OP's comment was avoidance of the internet, not Government control. Were it to be that, then he would be in the midst of the "Musket Wars" 1800 to 1840.
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