Of course we know they have ALWAYS operated this way, and they likely knew of the countless pay to play schemes that most career politicians are engaged in for way longer then we did. Certainly, they knew Sleepy Creepy was, when he was on tape bragging about it. But the censorship by big tech, and the black out by the corporate press is bolder and more overt then ever before.
Why would we ever trust these people again? Why would we ever want to reward them with more power?
If we allow this to fly, big tech will effectively be more powerful than the US government and rapidly continue to grow until they have complete control