stop working for the cia by feeding into this shit and making them scarier than they are and making them some crazy phantom force the only people who are blackmailable are the people who played respectability politics the entire time and all institutions across the board are crumbling pretty damn fast this isnt the 18th century british aristocracy you cant be "ruined" for rumor or divorce or sex scandal with other adults

First off, that was hilarious. 😂❤ But... What if we don't want to live in a world where every possible thing is acceptable? I don't want any of that shit normalized. I also don't want anyone doing that shit to be bullied, either by the normal people or by the state. The solution is privacy. Put tape over your camera, get a secure phone and then put tape over that too, cuz why not, and do all the rest of the stuff that protects your privacy. At your own pace, no pressure. The choice is, unfortunately, a binary. Either we assume the state is the biggest criminal and protect ourselves, or we don't and we have to rely on freakish shit being okay, even though its not okay. If you know another option, let me know. Privacy is the winning move because it allows us to keep sane norms and still not hurt anyone for violating them. There are just shy of 200 countries in the world. Most are unambiguously run by criminal organizations masquerading as legitimate authority - the facade in most places is laughably half assed. We only have the luxury of questioning this in a few of the western countries. Safety from the government **_is not normal._** I'd like the whole world to be safe - the road to that is **_not_** to pretend the biggest predators aren't the biggest predators. Always err on the side of caution.