After decidedly winning one of the more contentious public policy battles in recent memory in the “net neutrality” debate, conservatives are on the verge of ceding virtually all of their credibility on the winning arguments, paving a way for a massive expansion of regulatory powers across multiple sectors of society.

Margrethe Vestager of Denmark is a politician serving on the European Union’s (EU) European Commission. She most-notably serves as the Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age. Indeed, it is a very bureaucratic title, emblematic of Europe’s very bureaucratic approach to most things, but especially technology, innovation, and competition policy. Even though Europe’s track record on technology has been abysmal, Vestager spent most of last week in Washington being warmly received by officials in the Biden administration and members of Congress from both chambers and both parties.