The common man has been giving the governments of the world since world war two more and more power in exchange for security and protection. I think this is dumb, and we all know how this will end.
I've been concerned lately with how people are demanding others to get locked up from only going outside, even mobs lynching. Its insane the mental weakness some people on our planet have, they are willing to create authoritarian governments out of fear.
This move into the collective consciousness has to end, and the individual has to become the base of society again.
I could not agree more. I feel like this discussion is especially hard to have with people 40 + - i.e., my parents, they don't really place any energy into their digital privacy and how they use the internet, and it's concerning at times.
I've been trying to get my parents to download Signal (encrypted messaging app) forever now with no luck haha...perhaps I should try getting them to use it in conjunction with their existing apps, instead of trying to force the complete replacement of them.